Now that “Intelligent Design” has been unmasked as being just lipstick on the Creationism pig those intellectual chameleons at the so-called Discovery Institute have done exactly as predicted: They’ve released another “science” textbook without the offending phrase, but with all the usual paucity of actual science.
But the book doesn’t only promote stupidity, it demands it. In every way except its use of the actual term, this is a creationist book, but its authors are expecting that legislators and the courts will be too stupid to notice that, or to remember that the Supreme Court has declared teaching creationism an unconstitutional imposition of religion. As laws similar to Louisiana’s resurface in other states next year, we can only hope that legislators choose not to live down to the low expectations of EE’s authors.
The linked article, written by a biologist named John Timmer, is well worth reading. Especially if Explore Evolution gets considered by your local school board.
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