Intelligent Design

[God of Mr. Hanky]

Have you seen this?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_strategy

It's an organized effort to ruin science, just as AAA and Behe are using. There's nothing the least bit misguided about what Behe's employer, the Discovery Institute has been doing - it's an intentional assault on worldwide intellectual culture, and its success in the US is truly frightening!

No, I've not heard of that, ugh

The principal behind it I've heard an awful lot though. I think this is likely to blow up in their face and reveal their utter ignorance and desperation, as the new generation seems to be generally more enlightened.

What I'm afraid of is that the new generation, although much more educated and open-minded to different ideas, may also turn out overwhelmingly confused by what the Discovery Institute has been doing to science since the 1990's. Most of them watch cable TV pseudoscience (which is what most of is in TV-Land), and most are liable to be still much more willing to believe AAA's line of reasoning, just because it makes them feel better to believe they aren't alone in the universe, whether or not they waste their time and money in churches or any sort of religious venue. Asshat science such as AAA is spouting is very well crafted to fool those who are not extensively educated in biology - as a lay person with only 6 unused college credits in that field (decades ago), I don't know enough to effectively unpack it all, and would have to consider some of it further but for there being better reason to trust the majority opinion of qualified biologists, especially those not working for the American right wing. Most people never take any biology after high school, which means they won't easily know the difference. DI tactics are largely responsible for the waves of medical quackery which their highly-publicized bullshit has opened the door wide open to, and I sure don't want to see mainstream medicine become infected by it as I age!