Frist Urges theory of intelligent design: "scientific theories must be falsifiable" -- Princeton.EDU

Frist Urges 2 Teachings on Life Origin - New York Times: "By DAVID STOUT | Published: August 20, 2005

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican leader, aligned himself with President Bush on Friday when he said that the theory of intelligent design as well as evolution should be taught in public schools.

Such an approach 'doesn't force any particular theory on anyone,' Mr. Frist said in Nashville, according to The Associated Press. 'I think in a pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and training people for the future.' A Washington spokesman for the senator, Nick Smith, said later that the report was accurate.

The theory [?! "a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable" .. "An explanation supported by many tests and accepted by a general consensus of scientists." ed.] of intelligent design holds that life is too complicated to have developed through evolution and that a higher power must be involved. Critics say intelligent design theorists are trying to supplant science with religious beliefs."