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My Review of Expelled

Discover why Ben Stein's new movie, Expelled, has drawn sharp criticism for its propaganda and flawed arguments against evolution.

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It has just gone up over at Science Progress. Since there are certain things you cannot really say on ScienceBlogs any longer, I will only quote here the parts of the review that are ideologically palatable:

Okay, let's get this out of the way first: Ben Stein's new movie, Expelled, is a deeply dishonest piece of propaganda. Pretty much everything in it is a sham, from the quality of its intellectual and scientific arguments to the nonsense premise that Stein is going on a learning odyssey to find out what's really happening in the world of "Big Science" (hint: repression of dissent). In truth, it's plainly obvious that Stein already had his mind made up, and has set out to deliberately construct a brief against evolution and for intelligent design. The most disgusting thing about Expelled, though, is the craven guilt-by-association approach. Viewers are bludgeoned with the absurd argument that ...

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