intelligent design
noun
: the theory that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by a designing intelligence
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The North Dakota Legislature this year debated a bill that would have allowed public school teaching on intelligent design.
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Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
The outcome was similar, with a judge ruling that intelligent design is not science, and that forcing teachers to give equal time to intelligent design as an alternative to Darwin’s theory would be unconstitutional.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
The most recent came in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the 2005 case in which a Pennsylvania school district’s policy of requiring teachers to recommend intelligent design to their students as a scientifically credible alternative to evolution was found unconstitutional.
—Glenn Branch, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Fortunately, the reference to intelligent design was removed before the bill passed.
—Glenn Branch, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
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Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
The outcome was similar, with a judge ruling that intelligent design is not science, and that forcing teachers to give equal time to intelligent design as an alternative to Darwin’s theory would be unconstitutional.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
The most recent came in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the 2005 case in which a Pennsylvania school district’s policy of requiring teachers to recommend intelligent design to their students as a scientifically credible alternative to evolution was found unconstitutional.
—Glenn Branch, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Fortunately, the reference to intelligent design was removed before the bill passed.
—Glenn Branch, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Intelligent design.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligent%20design. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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