Well, it's a funny thing that questions that aren't properly answered don't go away. This...
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Ben Stein:
Hasn't this all been resolved? I mean, aren't we all Darwinists now? Except for a few cranks like you? Paul Nelson:
Well, it's a funny thing that questions that aren't properly answered don't go away. This question is loaded with all kinds of political baggage. But one on one, in a scientific meeting, after the third or fourth beer, my experience has been that many evolutionary biologists will say, yeah, this theory's got a lot of problems
Hasn't this all been resolved? I mean, aren't we all Darwinists now? Except for a few cranks like you? Paul Nelson:
Well, it's a funny thing that questions that aren't properly answered don't go away. This question is loaded with all kinds of political baggage. But one on one, in a scientific meeting, after the third or fourth beer, my experience has been that many evolutionary biologists will say, yeah, this theory's got a lot of problems
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Hasn't this all been resolved
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Aren't we all darwinists now
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except for a few cranks like you
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Well it's a funny thing that questions
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that aren't properly answered don't go away
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This question is loaded with all kinds of political baggage
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but one on one at a scientific meeting
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after the third or fourth beer
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my experience has been
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that many evolutionary biologists
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will say yeah this theory has got a lot of problems
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Movie Summary
Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.
