The Skeptic Next Door

Intelligent Design(ID): a fringe religious belief.  Much like our ancestors believed they could see gods in the random patterns of stars, intelligent design researchers believe they can see ‘their’ god’s handiwork in the complexity of biological and other natural systems.  Through boisterous promotion and political mechanations intelligent design adherents have made ongoing unsuccessful attempts to have their beliefs added to the science curriculum of US public schools.  This approach bypasses the standard approach of building a broad scientific consensus before making additions to course materials.