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Imagine….being sued by Yoko Ono

Posted by Michael Stebbins on April 24th at 9:29 am

Expelled ExposedJohn Lennon’s sons and widow, Yoko Ono, are suing the makers of the creationist film “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” for using the song “Imagine” in the documentary without permission. The film has been mired in controversy, not because of the ridiculous accusations that the theory of evolution led to the atrocities committed by the Nazis and other equally stupid accusations, but because of the intellectual dishonesty and dishonest way they got people to appear in it. With the credibility of the film now decisively trashed, this latest problem is yet another indicator that it is nothing more than a “manufactroversy” for the purpose of pushing a creationist agenda. This latest news also undercuts the film makers and Mr. Stein claims that there is a conspiracy against the movie. Are we to believe that Yoko Ono is working with some big science machine to keep Expelled out of theaters?

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Expelled: the worst kind of manufactured controversy

Posted by Michael Stebbins on April 15th at 1:40 pm

Expelled ExposedMost people are already aware of the controversy surrounding the new movie “Expelled” featuring the well-known monotoned celebrity, Ben Stein. The movie has been widely criticized as a superficial politicized attack on scientists and has been labeled a manufactured controversy or “manufactroversy.” Well, it seems that Mr. Stein has now gotten himself a distributor and we therefore cannot just sit by and ignore this pathetic attack on scientists at the behest of extremists. To follow the controversy and responses by those who are standing up against this nonsense, check out the news ladder here. Also, the National Center for Science Education has put together a fantastic website to address the movie including a fine YouTube video.


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Florida Senate support for teaching creationism

Posted by Michael Stebbins on April 9th at 12:33 pm

Florida Senate DistrictsThe Florida Senate Judiciary Committee just passed a bill by a vote of 6-4 that would protect teachers who include creationism in their lesson plans from being reprimanded by school officials. The bill is a direct response to the State Board of Education decision in January to make teaching evolution mandatory. This is some scary stuff.

Lawmakers going out of their way to ensure that religion can be infused into science lesson plans only serves to highlight how important it is for scientists to get more involved in the political process. The bill falls short of directly placing creationism into classrooms, but it paves the way for bad science teachers to inject their personal religious views into their lessons. This is an embarrassment for the state and the country.

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