Commentary: Presenting 'the scientific theory of' evolution

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By Tony Plakas

Last week's 4-3 decision by the Florida Board of Education to embrace
evolution in its science standards attracted a predictable amount of
media attention. But the board's debate was more than just a tale of
two theories; it was a clear illustration of a strategy outlined in
The Wedge Document to bring intelligent design into your home.

The Wedge Document was developed nearly 10 years ago by the Discovery
Institute, the nucleus of the intelligent design movement, as a
business development strategy. It detailed an aggressive 20-year plan
to utilize "research and writing, publicity and opinion making, and
cultural confrontation" as tools to infuse "religious, cultural,
moral, and political life with intelligent design theory." The Wedge's
approach first focused on academic research and writing to document
doubt in evolution, then on publicity campaigning to prepare those
doubts for "popular reception," and finally on the mass introduction
of the theory itself. The plan's governing goal is for intelligent
design to prevail as a dominant perspective in science and in many
other areas of life.
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