Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement
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ISBN: 0307277224 / Publisher: Vintage, May 2006
Explores the theory of Creationism and the implications of evolution in a collection of essays that includes contributions by such scientists as psychologist Steven Pinker, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and genomic researcher J. Craig Venter.
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Darwin's theories on evolution are elegant and simple, as are the theories of intelligent design, but which is correct? These 16 distinguished specialists in psychology, evolutionary biology, cognition, philosophy, physics, paleontology, anthropology, engineering and other related fields are firmly convinced that intelligent design is primarily political rather than scientific. They believe it is a tool of religious fundamentalists to interfere in the teaching of science in the classroom, with the very possible threat being that the US will lose its preeminence in science and technology and with it, its dominance of market economies. They describe how intelligent design as a theory is a hoax, that evolution is proved through scientific evidence, that Darwin himself rejected intelligent design, and that the US should take steps to ensure the teaching of evolution as a science, not a theory. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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