Monday, June 06, 2005
PBS and Privileged Planet
Don't forget to contact your local PBS affiliate to express your concern about the intelligent design film "The Privileged Planet." The film is the next step by the Discovery Institute to hammer the wedge of intelligent design deeper. Until now, the ID has focused primarily on biology and evolution. The film is designed to extend antiscience into the realm of physics and cosmology.
This is how the film is described in a promotion by Illlustra Media, the film's distributor:
You can find your local PBS station’s address at PBS.org. Let them know you don't want religion presented in a pseudoscientific guise.
This is how the film is described in a promotion by Illlustra Media, the film's distributor:
Is Earth merely a speck of dust lost without significance in the universe? Or, is our planet the product of intelligent design? Today, scientific evidence indicates that the many factors that make Earth suitable for complex life also provide the best conditions for astronomical discovery. The Privileged Planet explores this intriguing correlation and its implications on our understanding of the origin and purpose of the cosmos.
You can find your local PBS station’s address at PBS.org. Let them know you don't want religion presented in a pseudoscientific guise.
