Deftil writes:
So far, the Chewbacca defense is about all i've seen from the ID camp.
Unfortunately, it works very well against the common person, though. Juries often find the defendant not guilty simply because they mistook the confusion for reasonable doubt.
The chewbacca defense could also take another form that is less likely to be spotted. The defense (or IDer) could introduce an "expert" in DNA or cars or gun or whatever. Then the "expert" spends the next hour explaining in detail using very complicated words and phrases (fortune cookie language) something that almost has something to do with the case being discussed. It's close enough to the case that you think it's relevant to the case. But after of listening to the mumble jumble fortune cookie language, you are completely confused.
But here is the kicker. Most people don't want to ever admit that they are confused about something because the next guy over doesn't want to admit it. Makes them look like idiots. So, they'd go away with a confused state of mind, and voila we have reasonable doubt.
All you have to do is go to the
spherical issue thread and read IamJoseph's posts to see a real live version of the chewbacca defense for ID and creationism.
The less educated a person is, the less likely he'd admit to being confused or not understand something. Unfortunately, most people out there aren't very educated about science. This is why the chewbacca defense works so well among the science uneducated.
I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't put my head that far up my ass.