Oooh, that lawyer for ID was played very smarmily ... nice acting. And the guy they got to play Georg Bush was fantastic ... looked exactly like him.
Darwin's great great great great grandson has a teleological view of evolution. Well, I guess understanding evolution is not genetic. Or at least, not selected for.
I don't think the Ken Miller actor acted anything like Ken Miller. Anyway, when you think about it, how could the judge NOT rule in favor of evolution, hearing a string of evolutionary biologists going on and on about interesting stuff. That must have been one the more enjoyable trials he has convened.
Oh, right, then the Evilutionists "suddenly" "discover" a "transitional" "fossil" ... in one of the most desolate places on the planet ... Canada ... right when the trial is going on. Obviously, working hand in hand with the devil on that one.
It is wonderful, to the extent that it is true, that the creationists were harmed in making their argument by the sudden appearance, the almost saltational punctuated appearance, of a transitional fossil.
Oh, crap, it wasn't true.... the transitional fossils that were discovered during the trial were not introduced as evidence. it just should have been true and the producers therefore pretended it was true, totally wasting our time for 4.5 minutes. Bad form, PBS. Bad PBS.
OK, now on to the "Theory" word. This is a huge problem, and not just in evolutionary studies.
OK, maybe its time we start using the word "Darwin's Law" ...
Oh, wait, Ken Miller, wait, I thought the Theory of Friction was true... It's not?
I am a little put off that, as it now appears anyway, that modern genetics is going to come to the rescue of evolution in this PBS special, as though that is what really happened. The reconstruction of history based partly on Miller's testimony, it would appear, the relevant genetics came to be understood "100 years after Darwin." But of course, there was enough of an understanding of genetics well before that.
Again, the human-chimp link ultimate evidence is referenced as a one year old study, but that relationship was well established within genetics fifty years ago. This is all very Time Magazine like.
I think it should be made more clear that the biological evidence related to evolution has been very firmly established for a very, very long time. And, as has been pointed out in this documentary, the ability to understand this by the public, school teachers and students, etc. has been hampered by continuous activities of the insidious creationists.
(I did like it when Ken Miller's actor said "So, the case is closed....")
Oh, Ken Miller, no, it is simply not true that God hates the Yankees. ...
