Review of Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

the point of the movie is NOT creationism vs darwinism. Far from it.

the point of the movie is freedom of Inquiry, to allow scientific progress towards the quest for the Ultimate Truth.

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[xxConceptxx]

It seems their propaganda video has convinced this reviewer

[cmsalvagio]

There is a reason as to why Creationism is not accepted in the Science community and subsequently schools educating our children. Every argument posed is weak and unsubstantiated. I saw the movie on a black market dvd so i would be certain Stein dd not receive a penny. Crap review for a crap movie.

[NeverAloneForever]

Regardless of what Ben Stein aimed for the movie contains the worst arguments it could have possibly made. And I'm not talking about whether or not Creationism is bullshit, it's just that it uses non - sequitar bullshit for reasoning.

[joegocal]

I'm all for scientific inquiry... conducted by science, not elementary school students. which is why ben stiens entire argument which in fact IS pushing creationism(which isn't even a theory let alone a competing theory) into schools.

[metrivus]

Scientific inquiry does not and should not occur in schools with kids. The scientific community has a very refined and effective process for reviewing, inquiring into, and throwing away unsupported garbage like creationism. There is already a system, and it works. The fact that creationism is not already in schools is a perfect example of this.

[doucheandturd08]

Trying to say that Darwin created the Holocaust is obviously just freedom of inquiry.

[JayeHK]

lollygager has thoroughly explained why non-scientific criticism and religious alteratives do not belong in a science class. Noone is banning ID from the theology department. The analogy with communism only works if criticism of communism is banned from the politics department. Curtus is dreaming when he says people around the world think evolution is a belief or unsound. Around the world, we're laughing at how backward this whole debate makes the US look.

[lollygager3664]

Because that is not the realm of science.

If you want that in a philosophy (even if it INDEED happens to be BAD philosophy) that is another issue. But ID is not in the realm of science because it is the "darwinist" theory with the added asterisk that what is not immediately understood must be contributed to an "intellegent designer". That isn't science. It can't be tested or peer reviewed.

[reservoirman]

the communism analogy is no drivel. If people dared to speak out about valid criticisms of it, they would be silenced or even put to death, even if they were right. Likewise, critics of evolution face similar oppression academically.

evolution provides the "how" life began but not the "why". What's wrong with venturing into new territory and trying to fill the gaps via scientific inquiry? Just because a theory revolves around the notion of a higher power doesn't make it junk science.

[lollygager3664]

But that has nothing to do with science. That is a perversion of what science is intended to do.

There is nothing scientific about taking something one doesn't have a ready-made explination for and simply attribute it to a "higher power".

It can't be studied via experiments nor be peer-reviewed. Thus, it is NOT science. Only those who have not the slightest clue about how science operates would make the type of arguments you are making.