<p>P.S. The trouble is that high school science teachers are not full members of the science club, and the club does not exercise very tight control over them. This is an important regulatory issue in pedagogy. As Olo said, they can let things that seem like science (indeed, by Jessie’s definition, which are science) slip to the front of the line without respecting what the wise club regards as important.</p>
<p>A more frankly sociological definition of science would allow us to settle this debate by a vote of the National Academy of Science. If we try to settle it by trying to prove from first principles that ID is unscientific (according to an abstract definition), we are going to lose, and would deserve to.</p>