Expelled: Another Topic Agnostic movie review
I too was part of the Agnostic possee that descended on our local ‘weird movies with no audience’ theatre to see Ben Stein’s finally-arriving-in-our-city epic. As it’s a smaller theatre where you just pay at the door and go in, I bought a ticket for “My Blueberry Nights”, in an effort to divert box-office from Mathis et al. You’re welcome, Kar Wai Wong.
So, no doubt you’ve checked out what amounted to a SciAm microsite devoted to debunking the film, and visited Expelled Exposed for the latest dirt. I’ll leave those far more educated comments to evaluate the science of the film. I just want to say:
1. Wow, did this ever turn into another movie 1/2 way through. I had no idea studying the development of species leads to wanton murder. You would think worshiping random mutation would lead to a certain regard for those with different characteristics than the norm; after all they might be the next big thing in humans.
2. For the 12 millionth time, things have to fit the methodology of science to be included in scientific discussion, and if they don’t (or if the person advocating them doesn’t seem to know the difference), then they belong in a different forum. I’m trying to say “if it isn’t science, it isn’t science“. That needed a whole plodding yet smug documentary’s worth of discussion?
Ben Stein, keep your money. Kar Wai Wong, you can have mine.
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