Filmmaker Explores Evolution Debate in New Documentary

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Published May 10, 2007 at 9:58 AM PDT

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For a time, the state of Kansas was the epicenter of the national debate over the teaching of evolution versus intelligent design. Filmmaker Randy Olson, who also is an evolutionary scientist with a

Alison St John (Guest Host): We all know the dodo went extinct because it didn't adapt to its changing environment. Well, most of us know that -- creationists may have other ideas. But a new documentary film about intelligent design, the latest manifestation of creationism, sends a whimsical warning to scientists: that if they are too dogmatic about clinging to the truth of evolution, they may turn out to be the dodos. Randy Olson's film, Flock of Dodos is a delightful odyssey through the heart of the culture wars in America.

Randy Olson, Ph.D., will appear at a special seminar, "Communicating Your Science in 243 Easy Steps," tomorrow, Friday, May 11, at 2 p.m. at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Sumner Auditorium.

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Randy Olson, filmmaker and marine biologist whose film, Flock of Dodos: the Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus will begin airing next week on Showtime.