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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells LOE why he looks at intelligent design as a “philosophy of ignorance” that puts limits on discovery.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson looks at the history of attributing scientific gaps to a higher being. He’s on a panel to update the National Academy of Sciences document on evolution and creationism to reflect the dialogue on intelligent design and he tells Living on Earth host Steve Curwood that intelligent design is “a philosophy of ignorance” that has no place in science.