Scientific Theory and Intelligent Design

¶ … classmates are ordinary citizens interested in science education. You have been assembled into an advisory group. The Virginia State Education Commission is drafting policy that will affect all school boards in the state. You are being protected in a secluded hotel from ACLU lawyers and right-wing demonstration groups. Here is your question: Is Intelligent Design theory scientific? The Commission is paying you thousands of dollars for a simple yes or no answer to this question. Such an answer may be unrealistic but court battles will follow.

You need to get as close to a yes or no answer as possible! As a group you have three reference sources: • The course Presentation entitled "Origins, ID and the Public School Classroom" • Two expensive expert witnesses: Michael Behe, a Lehigh University biochemist and Eugenia Scott of the National Center for Science Education. Your two expert witnesses come to you from presentations THE PRESENTATIONS ARE ON YOUTUBE THE FIRST IS Are there limits to Natural Science- Michael J. Behe.

PHD and Eugenie Scott: Science is Agnostic Here are the links. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXo4VPJyz9w&feature=player_embedded https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mJpYUxRL_3U As panelists, first do your homework, then make a decision: based on how the scientific method works, is Intelligent Design theory scientific? Can you use it to do science? The title should begin with the word "yes" or "no." Using three, concise, numbered sentences, argue your answer in the thread.

THIS THREAD SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 100 WORDS. DON't WORRY ABOUT THE 2 PAGES Just has to be LESS than 100 words Is Intelligent Design theory scientific? NO. Intelligent design is not technically a scientific theory -- intelligent design is not falsifiable and cannot be proven wrong with the contemporary understanding of the universe. However, there are limitations to science that cannot answer some of life's greatest questions.