It turns out that the Smithsonian does not like the ENDING of Discovery Institute's film

From: Denyse O'Leary <oleary@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri Jun 03 2005 - 05:08:48 EDT

It turns out that the Smithsonian does not like the ENDING of Discovery
Institute's film

According to the New York Times story, June 3, 2005 [linked at the
Post-Darwinist,],

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"The major problem with the film is the wrap-up," said Randall Kremer, a
museum spokesman.

"It takes a philosophical bent rather than a clear statement of the science,
and that's where we part ways with them."

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O'Leary comments:

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What I want the Discovery Institute - which is showing the controversial
Privileged Planet film at the Smithsonian - to do is screen
philosophical-type excerpts from Carl Sagan's Cosmos interleaved with
excerpts from Discovery's fave Privileged Planet.

Would it be okay to show Cosmos at the Smithsonian but not Privileged
Planet? Now why might that be?

Here is an excerpt from a previous blog in which I make quite clear that
Sagan had an agenda to promote:"

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For all, go to: http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/

Cheers, Denyse
P.S.: In this updated post, O'Leary also gives advice to a "slow child" and
threatens to start behaving like Bill Dembski. - d.

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