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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

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  thisisentirelybogus@ wrote:
  Kids are not dumb. But they ARE credulous. The whole talk radio thing is telling everybody to "make up your own mind" on virtually everything. Where the fundamentalists pick this up and wave it overhead, people accept the self-evident truth. Unfortunately it is *not* true for things that take background knowledge of modern science. They are asking you as a viewer to accept their version of stereotyping. Got that kids? Stereotyping. Making an assumption based on incomplete knowledge. The fundamentalists frame their argument in terms of 1960's textbook biology, constantly referring to "facts" that are just not fact anymore. They also make use of common misunderstandings of the process of science that at least half of the population carries around and should unlearn. Expelled is a species of documentary, but one in which it is allowed to lie in order to convince viewers of your case. Is that a good thing? Is that really what students need? And is it possible to present superstitious bull as an alternative to measurable fact to a population of people who expect to be prepared for real life not fantasy? I teach topics in Internet and Society in a high school as well as cinematography.
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