While questioning whether people were really "expelled" for their openness to intelligent design, they provide at least one example of someone fired for not being "neutral" in the scientific "debate" between evolution and intelligent design.
MORE RESPONSES FROM THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
Eugenie Scott, the director of the National Center for Science Education, was "bamboozled" (her word) into participating in the film. She is interviewed by Scientific American writer, Steve Mirsky, in his weekly podcast. The podcast also has an interview with Scientific American editor-in-chief, John Rennie, on his views after being shown the film by one of the associate producers.
Scientific American recorded the discussion between the producer and staff members after being shown the film. I'm not patient enough to listen to the hour-long discussion, but it was reportedly "energetic." Listen to it here.
Skeptic writer Michael Shermer also appears in the film and wrote about his experience and impressions in a recent column. He looks at the big and small ways the film deceives, including hiring extras for a scene at Pepperdine University when they couldn't recruit enough supporting students.
It looks like the scientific community is taking this film seriously.
The few film reviewers that have been permitted to see (or snuck into) a screening, haven't regarded it highly either.
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