Scientific materialism demands that the scientist (in the U.S.) only consider undirected physical causation. In short hand, that is the "randomness" pillar of evolution theory: random mutations - natural selection > species.
The intelligent design hypothesis is bucking that paradigm (which is not demanded in Asia and Eastern Europe) by asserting that intelligent causation is a better explanation for certain features of life.
One side says accidents only - the other accidents + direction.
This statement is completely at variance with how science is done in the U.S. If it is what you think, you have no understanding at all how scientific organizations work. For one thing, peer-review is international. I review mostly articles from overseas (usually Europe or Asia, rather than the US). Likewise, most of my stuff gets reviewed overseas.
In short hand, that is the "randomness" pillar of evolution theory: random mutations - natural selection > species.
How does this statement even relate the the previous statment? "Randomness" is not a pillar, merely an obervation.