Matthew J. Pallmann

I’ve taken several days after watching Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, to gather my thoughts. In short, I thought the film was excellent. It takes you step by step along a journey of discovery. Whether real or imagined, it was an excellent vehicle to move through the experience.

I will say it again: Everyone should see this movie. There is a definite bias in the academic and scientific communities. The bias has gotten so bad, most people don’t even see how biased they are. The issue is not about whose evidence is better, or who has better science. The issue is what assumptions you are approaching the data with–what the movie termed your “worldview”. Your worldview affects your beliefs and how you approach just about everything in life. Failure to realize this only makes you, at best, naive.

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Ben Stein has a new movie coming out. Most people people know him from the Clear Eyes commercial or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Some may remember him from Win Ben Stein’s Money. Mr. Stein has created a documentary about the scientific community and their unwillingness to entertain alternate theories to evolution. In fact, anyone who disagrees with the tenets of evolution are ridiculed, denied tenure, and even fired because they believe differently. In a country which believes in freedom of ideas and thought, there exists an oppressive culture in the sciences, which often strong-arm their ideas, not only in professional life, but in the classroom.

I encourage everyone to see this movie. It comes out on April 18th. In the academic and scientific communities this discussion is not even allowed. All Mr. Stein is calling for is that we can have the discussion, without the backlash. Is that too much to ask? Science should be the search for the truth.

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