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There is, in all of this movement, no fixed pattern, no overarching intention, no trace of intelligent design. Stephen Greenblatt, The New Yorker, "Invisible Bullets: What Lucretius Taught Us About Pandemics," 16 Mar. 2020

Popp and Cotton said evolution, creationism and intelligent design should all be allowed in the science curriculum. Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, "Multiple candidates vying in State Board of Education district representing San Antonio," 9 Feb. 2020

In terms of intellectual respectability, astrology falls somewhere between flat-earth conspiracy theories and belief in intelligent design. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, "The Mail," 13 Apr. 2018

In Arizona last year, three of the candidates vying for state school superintendent wanted students to be taught intelligent design, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, "Why Some Public-School Kids Don’t Learn About Evolution," 19 Sep. 2019

Roosegaarde believe the solutions to climate change start with intelligent design. Robert Horn, Fortune, "Why Two Environmentally-Minded Designers Are Optimistic About the Future," 6 Sep. 2019

Further Reading The Lamborghini Huracán Evo is actually proof of intelligent designThe C8 gets a new variant of the GM family direct-injection 6.2L V8, called the LT2. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "The Corvette goes mid-engined—supercar performance for $60,000," 19 July 2019

Nothing is so tricky, and honors an audience so much, as the laying out of a careful, intelligent design. Peter Marks, Washington Post, "Elizabethan," 21 Aug. 2019

But limiting discussion of evolution and removing references to its factual nature accomplishes some of the goals of the people who have promoted intelligent design. John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Arizona state education standards see evolution deleted," 23 May 2018

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