NOVA: Intelligent Design on Trial

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NOVA’s most recent program is about the Intelligent Design debate over the last few years. They’ve put together an excellent companion website, and as of November 16th, you can watch the entire program online - I highly recommend it. NOVA always does a fantastic job on their programs and this is no exception.

My one criticism is that they neglected to mention the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s role in the Intelligent Design vs Science debate.

152 Responses to “NOVA: Intelligent Design on Trial”

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  1. 1 - November 18th, 2007 at - Wench Nikkiee Says:

    Checked that out when they posted the clips. Excellent! Thanks NOVA (:))

  2. 2 - November 18th, 2007 at - Wench Nikkiee Says:

    Transcripts also available there :))

  3. 3 - November 18th, 2007 at - Noodly Servant Says:

    Silver

  4. 4 - November 18th, 2007 at - Noodly Servant Says:

    So far this seems like a great resource for whats happening all over the place. I also haven’t seen any reference to His Noodliness. Hopefully they will be touched and all their nonsense will be at an end.

  5. 5 - November 18th, 2007 at - Wench Nikkiee Says:

    I don’t see how they really could have slipped the FSM into the Dover Trial format. However maybe in an epilogue covering the continuation of the ID movement?

  6. 6 - November 18th, 2007 at - St. Jason Says:

    I soooooooo wanted FSM to pop up as an example of how biased the school board was.

    …I mean, having only one Intelligent Design theory? C’mon!

  7. 7 - November 18th, 2007 at - Red Dutch Pasta Wench Says:

    Yes and not even the most likely one!

  8. 8 - November 18th, 2007 at - Robert Hood Says:

    I stayed up till 1:30 AM just to watch this program…and I must say I am pleased, especially about the judge’s statement that ID is not science. If it’s not science, do not place it in a science class.

  9. 9 - November 18th, 2007 at - ID LOL Says:

    Fluorine

  10. 10 - November 18th, 2007 at - What Says:

    Oh what noodly appendages we weave when first we practice to believe.

    Ramen

  11. 11 - November 18th, 2007 at - ☠DutchPastaGuy☠ Says:

    I saw the entire thing. Makes me feel all warm inside when you see nutters like Bonsel and Buckingham be really, really sour when they’ve been caught out. Buckinghams response said it all: we got obliterated, so the judge is an arse. I also laughed with glee when I heard him say with exasperation ‘How can these people call themselves christians and then go on to teach evolution?!’. Oh the nano-mindedness of these christians. They should all become organ donors. That’s generally a good thing but they should be donors especially. If you don’t use your brain, then why not give it to someone else?

  12. 12 - November 18th, 2007 at - Old Grouch Says:

    @DutchPastaGuy,
    But, friend, there has to be a brain there in the first place. Doesn’t there? Of course, I’ll grant that there is - at least probably - a lump of gray matter somewhere in the bone casing. But, in what state, or condition? Why would you want to give an atrophied chunk of dead tissue to anyone? Better it should stay where it is, I think. “Let the dead bury the dead”, says a passage from Scripture.

  13. 13 - November 18th, 2007 at - AbsolutWench Says:

    Yar, me hearties! His Great Noodliness works in wondrous ways. I love NOVA. I hope they keep doing what they’re doing. This was such an amazing piece.

  14. 14 - November 18th, 2007 at - Robert Hood Says:

    I loved the part where they used the one guys own definition of science against him: if ID is science, so is astrology, ether theory, and a bunch of other discarded theories.

  15. 15 - November 18th, 2007 at - ☠DutchPastaGuy☠ Says:

    @Old Grouch
    “But, friend, there has to be a brain there in the first place. Doesn’t there? Of course, I’ll grant that there is - at least probably - a lump of gray matter somewhere in the bone casing. But, in what state, or condition?”
    .
    Brand new, never been used!

  16. 16 - November 18th, 2007 at - PacificPam (PPS) Says:

    I loved the site!
    Hven’t seen the show yet. I will tomorrow at work when there is nothing to do.

  17. 17 - November 18th, 2007 at - Frau Diavolo Says:

    The Evolutionists kicked ass!
    .
    @DutchPastaGuy - I too laughed with glee at Buckingham… he bristles at the thought that he descended from primates…I don’t think he descended at all… :P

  18. 18 - November 18th, 2007 at - Cap'n Ollie Says:

    Wow.that’s like forgetting to mention Spaghetti in a debate about pasta.
    What a load of cultural midgets.

  19. 19 - November 18th, 2007 at - Bombadil Says:

    PLATINUM! no one called it so i get it. how dare they not mention us

  20. 20 - November 18th, 2007 at - Pixel Pete Says:

    I’ll make sure to watch it, sounds interesting. The FSM should have been mentioned, although I’m not surprised they didn’t.
    RAmen

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