PZ Myers Up to it Again
A conference call press junket in which Ben Stein and the producers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed answered questions and provided information about the film ended a few moments ago. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to take part in this press conference. I hope to comment on some of the discussion in a couple of posts, however, for the moment the news is that somehow University of Minnesota biologist, PZ Myers, was able to break into the invitation only conference call. I’m not quite sure how this was accomplished since those participating (other than the featured speakers) could not just blurt out questions and interrupt the conference. An intermediary was set up to field questions. PZ somehow had free reign to speak over the top of other speakers, which he did.
He interrupted the conversation demanding responses to his challenges to the upcoming film, specifically the affect of Darwinism upon the horrendous actions of Nazi Germany. After the producers pointed out those challenges had been answered earlier in the call and attempting to briefly answer them again, Myers was not satisfied and continued to demand answers. When asked to do the “honorable thing” and allow the conference to continue without his interruptions, he at first contested by challenging that the film’s producers should do the honorable thing and admit that they have been dishonorable in their production of the film. Shortly thereafter, however, he agreed to hang up and allow the phone call to proceed.
As he and “Clinton” Richard Dawkins did in a screening in Minnesota, Myers has done again - disrupted a meeting to which he was not invited. I’m encouraged that the atheists and the Darwinists are so worried about the potential influence of this film that they are resorting to such tactics in an attempt to discredit it. Expelled is a powerful film that can do great good in America by raising public awareness of the academic heavy-handedness of the science establishment against anyone who questions Darwinism, and by motivating them to do something about it.
Update: Tom Gilson has just posted on this same subject.