Intelligent Design Finally Ruled Unscientific by Courts

"Intelligent Design" is a pretty vague concept. Its proponents feel it is scientific, despite the fact that it makes no falsifiable predictions and is therefore clearly not a scientific theory. It would get tossed out of any 4th grade science fair. Now, this doesn't make it untrue - a lot of things that would get tossed out of any 4th grade science fair still have value. But the measure of truth regarding Intelligent Design cannot be determined by science - it must be determined by faith, which means it does not belong in the curriculum. Today, a federal judge finally spelled it out for the ID camp (who will now return to the drawing board instead of "getting it").

It is amazing to me that a court actually had to say this. Intelligent Design should never be taught in a science classroom as science, period. There is no reasonable way around this position. Having said that, I will still feel the need to bring it up in my science classroom again next year, as I have explained in the past at AtlasBlogged (Science is Not Afraid and ID in my Classroom?).

Some interesting reading on the subject can be found here (pro-ID) and here (against). Both articles appeared in the Philadephia Inquirer and act as a little bit of point/counter point.