Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a documentary by Ben Stein set for release in the spring of 2008, which alleges that those supporting intelligent design theory are suppressed and persecuted within schools, universities and the scientific community.[1] The film highlights several academic disputes which, according to Stein, demonstrate that scientists and educators who promote intelligent design are persecuted by the scientific establishment.[2] Examples given by the film of those who have allegedly been persecuted for their support of intelligent design include Richard Sternberg, a biologist and an unpaid research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, and Guillermo Gonzalez, an astrophysicist denied tenure at Iowa State University in 2007.[3]
In the film's trailer, Stein states that there are "people out there who want to keep science in a little box where it can’t possibly touch God" and that "freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry have been expelled from publicly-funded high schools, universities and research institutions."[3]
See also
- Creation-evolution controversy
- Intelligent Design and Academic Freedom by Barbara Bradley Hagerty at NPR.com
References
- ↑ Expelled the movie website
- ↑ Lesley Burbridge-Bates (2007-08-22). Expelled Press Release. Premise Media. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life's Origin, New York Times, 27 September 2007