Paul has it right on. The so-called suppression is a sham. None of the stories of the five "expelled" are even close to the way this documentary reports on them.
I recommend looking at the Wikipedia article on this movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expelled... before you spend a dime on this movie. If you read the website and still want to go, have at it. You were warned.
Even the "standing ovation" that Ben gets at the end of his "lecture" is staged! The whole lecture hall is manned -- by extras!
The reviewer is right about one thing: Ben Stein won't be liked for what he has done. The people who will be most PO'd by what he has done is the Creationist/ID crowd. Anyone who does a fact-check will discover that Ben and the other writers have made a mockery of their cause.
Paul: my favorite non-science is where the 1897 Indiana State Legislature attempted to set the value of Pi to a variety of rational numbers, including 3.2. You can see the full writeup at http://www.straightdope.com/classics/... . Just make sure you're not drinking any beverages when you read that story.
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Posted on May 9 at 7:56 p.m.
Paul has it right on. The so-called suppression is a sham. None of the stories of the five "expelled" are even close to the way this documentary reports on them.
I recommend looking at the Wikipedia article on this movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expelled... before you spend a dime on this movie. If you read the website and still want to go, have at it. You were warned.
Even the "standing ovation" that Ben gets at the end of his "lecture" is staged! The whole lecture hall is manned -- by extras!
The reviewer is right about one thing: Ben Stein won't be liked for what he has done. The people who will be most PO'd by what he has done is the Creationist/ID crowd. Anyone who does a fact-check will discover that Ben and the other writers have made a mockery of their cause.
Paul: my favorite non-science is where the 1897 Indiana State Legislature attempted to set the value of Pi to a variety of rational numbers, including 3.2. You can see the full writeup at http://www.straightdope.com/classics/... . Just make sure you're not drinking any beverages when you read that story.
On ‘Expelled’ shows danger of suppressing inquiry in the science world