Review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008) by John W — 29 Dec 2008

As a Darwanist I found this absolutely compelling and have thus converted. Just kidding. Actually the movie starts out making some good points such as the fact that Evolutionary Biology is one of the few academic areas completly closed to new ideas.

I mean even new propositions for gravity get a fair hearing. Unfortunately the logical fallacies and straw man arguments get a bit frustrating for anyone with a background in logic. This movie was almost as rationally inconsistent as a Michael Moore documentary.

Still I give it credit for trying. Oh and Eugenics does not equal Evolution and Evolution makes no attempt to explain the origin of life, so Its not really fair to attack it on things its not claiming.