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Misrepresenting Intelligent Design

Guillermo Gonzalez
August 29, 2005
Intelligent Design
 Original Article

Upfront / Letters

In an article1 about the recent Smithsonian screening of “The Privileged Planet,” based on a book I co-authored, Randall Kremer, the museum’s director of public affairs commented, “The scientific content for the most part is accurate. The problem we have is that the science is used to draw a philosophical conclusion.”

Perhaps a more accurate statement would have been, “The problem we have is that the science is used to draw a politically incorrect conclusion.” The museum clearly does not have a problem with all philosophical statements in science films, because the museum sponsored Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” documentary in which he tells viewers, “The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.” That’s not only a philosophical assertion, it’s one science could never confirm.

Guillermo Gonzalez
Iowa State University,
Ames, IA.

References

1. T Stokes “…and Smithsonian has ID troubles,” The Scientist 19(13): 13. [Full Text] July 4, 2005

Guillermo Gonzalez

Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Culture
Guillermo Gonzalez is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. He received his Ph.D. in Astronomy in 1993 from the University of Washington. He has done post-doctoral work at the University of Texas, Austin and at the University of Washington and has received fellowships, grants and awards from such institutions as NASA, the University of Washington, the Templeton Foundation, Sigma Xi (scientific research society) and the National Science Foundation.