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The '''wedge strategy'''<ref>http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html</ref> is a political and social action plan authored by the think tank "[[Discovery Institute]]". The report states the goal of the wedge project. From this plan its clear that the Discovery Institute supports the idea that [[creationism]] should not only be an alternative to [[evolution]], but the only "[[science]]" taught in schools on how [[species]] came to be. The Discovery Institute at first denied that this was their true plan after the document was leaked to the [[press]], but later embraced it.<ref>Edward Humes, "Monkey Girl."</ref>
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The '''wedge strategy'''  
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* has been called a political and social action plan.<ref>http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html</ref>  
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* authored by the [[Center for the Renewal of Science & Culture]]
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* concerned with the advent of Western [[materialism]] that (it claims) has no moral standards. The major premise is that [[evolution]] has caused this erosion of values it sees in materialism. It claims that "materialists... undermined personal responsibility". In response to this it would "seek nothing less than the overthrow of materialism and its cultural legacies".
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The [[wedge document]] outlines three phases to achieve this: Scientific Research, Writing & Publicity; Publicity and Opinion-making; Cultural Confrontation & Renewal.
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Latest revision as of 06:36, September 10, 2016

The wedge strategy

  • has been called a political and social action plan.[1]
  • authored by the Center for the Renewal of Science & Culture
  • concerned with the advent of Western materialism that (it claims) has no moral standards. The major premise is that evolution has caused this erosion of values it sees in materialism. It claims that "materialists... undermined personal responsibility". In response to this it would "seek nothing less than the overthrow of materialism and its cultural legacies".

The wedge document outlines three phases to achieve this: Scientific Research, Writing & Publicity; Publicity and Opinion-making; Cultural Confrontation & Renewal.


References

  1. ↑ http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html
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