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10/04/06

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Wilhoit targets intelligent design in KY

Mark Pitsch, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, reports that outgoing Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit says it would be a mistake for the state Board of Education to hire a replacement who believes "intelligent design" should be taught in public schools.

That's because intelligent design promotes a specific religious viewpoint that can't be tested by science, he said. The idea that some complex biological structures and other aspects of nature show evidence of a creator.

"Intelligent design at this point has not been shown to be a scientific theory that can stand the test," Wilhoit said in an interview Friday. "

What Mr Wilhoit fails to point out is that there is such a thing as historical science. It's not repeatable, yet is science.

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