The Blunders of Science - An Alternative Viewpoint Summary

This chapter includes a "note" from Ferris P. Longshanks, a sheriff, school board member and concerned citizen. Longshanks' note is to fellow citizens on the importance of having choices and insisting that ID should be a choice, along with Evolution as, for example, Burger King is to McDonalds. Longshanks expounds on the clear logic behind Intelligent Design that appeals to Baptists and NASCAR fans alike. He uses a flat screen TV analogy to compare ID and Evolution theories. The first offers you many choices and has a logical process for purchasing a TV; whereas, with the evolution theory, you might have to wait several million years for the universe to randomly cough up a flat screen.

Longshanks talks of men of science who support ID theories though Longshanks is...