(14 April 2008), YouTube -- Ben Stein discusses the "Expelled" documentary, work: Fox News: Intelligent Journey -- Stein's New Documentary, retrieved: 2008-04-23
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Yes, [I spent] two long years, traveling all over the United States, all over Europe, interviewing many, many, many people who had been thrown out of their academic jobs because they taught that there was a possibility of life coming from something other than Darwinism, who thought that possibly random selection and mutations didn't account for the universe, didn't account for gravity, didn't account for why nobody had ever seen an individual species evolve -- no one's ever seen an individual species evolve!"

— Ben Stein

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Yes, [I spent] two long years, traveling all over the United States, all over Europe, interviewing many, many, many people who had been thrown out of their academic jobs because they taught that there was a possibility of life coming from something other than Darwinism, who thought that possibly random selection and mutations didn't account for the universe, didn't account for gravity, didn't account for why nobody had ever seen an individual species evolve -- no one's ever seen an individual species evolve!"" in the context of "(14 April 2008), YouTube -- Ben Stein discusses the "Expelled" documentary, work: Fox News: Intelligent Journey -- Stein's New Documentary, retrieved: 2008-04-23" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ben Stein

About Ben Stein

Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born 25 November 1944) is an American lawyer, economist, law professor, actor, comedian, author and former White House speechwriter. He is best known as host of the Comedy Central game show Win Ben Stein's Money, his deadpan portrayal of the history teacher in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and as spokesman for Clear Eyes brand eye drops. He has recently gained notoriety as the star of the controversial intelligent design film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.