New York Times Correction: Privileged Planet Has Nothing to Do with Darwinism

The New York Times has a story reporting on the June 23rd screening of The Privileged Planet at The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. I co-wrote the screenplay for this science documentary (a point which has nothing to do with this post but everything to do with me ME ME!).

There is a factual error in the story's headline and lead sentence. They suggest that the science documentary makes a case against biological evolution. In fact, the film doesn't even touch on the subject.

The Privileged Planet focuses on cosmology and astronomy, and on Earth's place in the universe. One could be a strict Darwinist and still agree with the argument in The Privileged Planet. In fact, that accurately describes at least two of the prominent scientists who endorsed the book upon which the documentary is based.