Go Where The Evidence Leads? Not In Science!

Today I read that media personality Ben Stein backed out of a previous invitation to be commencement speaker at the University of Vermont (UVM). This comes as a result of Stein's 2008 documentary "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed", which shines a light on the ugly practice of percecuting scientists that dare question neo-darwinism.

UVM President Dan Fogel said he received hundreds of e-mails beginning Saturday -- including only about a half-dozen from people at UVM -- contending, generally, that Stein's views of science were "affronts to the basic tenets of the academy".

I attended a graduation ceremony at UVM in 2006. The commencement speaker was Gustavo Esteva, a prominent Mexican writer and social activist who promotes government as a more effective way to promote social change; in other words he's a Socialist. Mr. Esteva's qualifications obviously were a better fit for those who guard the sacred tenets of the acedmy. I remember he promoted smoking marajuana during his commencement speach which brought cheers from the crowd (except me. I boo'd him which brought many stares and a sharp elbow from my wife).

Anyway, there is a hostile directive in the scientific community that you can not question the theory of evolution or else. Watch the movie trailer for a quick idea of what this is all about.