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  • Witness: 'Intelligent Design' doesn't qualify as science [Day 4 of trial in Dover, PA]

    09/29/2005 3:36:00 AM PDT · by PatrickHenry · 560 replies · 7,081+ views
    Sioux City Journal ^ | 29 September 2005 | Staff
    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The concept of "intelligent design" is a form of creationism and is not based on scientific method, a professor testified Wednesday in a trial over whether the idea should be taught in public schools. Robert T. Pennock, a professor of science and philosophy at Michigan State University, testified on behalf of families who sued the Dover Area School District. He said supporters of intelligent design don't offer evidence to support their idea. "As scientists go about their business, they follow a method," Pennock said. "Intelligent design wants to reject that and so it doesn't really fall...