Since the early 1990s, advocates of Intelligent Design (ID) Theory have claimed that a genuine scientific controversy exists over evolutionary theory, and that public school teachers should teach this controversy because it is only fair to do so. These proclamations are directed towards the public at large and toward local, state and federal policy makers. Rarely do ID advocates present at meetings of scientific societies and support their presentations with empirical evidence. Rarely is their scientific research on ID theory published in the refereed scientific research literature. What are ID advocates' motivations, rationales, and goals in this work? What should scientists, science educators, and the public know? Join me as I unpack the rhetoric and the strategies, and reveal the foundations of intelligent design. Seeing ID advocates' motivations, rationales, and goals, how should scientists, science educators, science teachers, and the public respond? Stay on as I describe what I mean by "it's time to saddle up and take a hard line."
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