Science Without Evidence Isn't Science (Week 4 Post 2)

It made sense to me that scientific progress became possible in part because scientists attempted to describe things without reference to creation, design or ultimate purpose. That is not what science is about. Science comes up witheducated theories about life, and the world and natural phenomena and then teststhose theories to determine its accuracy. The scientific method cannot beapplied to Intelligent design theory and therefore it cannot be considered ascience. We cannot change the rules that apply to all other branches of science in order to make room for all of the other theories out there. Those could be taught in a philosophy class or a sociology class or a religion class! but science has always been held to a certain set of standards and must continue to in order to maintain the integrity of the field.

This Intelligent Design article in The Skeptics Dictionary made me wonder whether they teach intelligent design around the world; whether this argument occurs in other countries or if we are the only ones arguing over the scientific validity of an unprovable theory.