Regarding the PBS program, even though Ruse sounds hopelessly muddled, it doesn't support the whole statement you make, according to this transcript, and isn't a very good source for scholarly third party analysis of ID. Meyer is quoted as saying "You understand, Ben, that we have no problem with the ancient chronology of the earth...(Unintelligeble) Creationism is not our position." which would tie in with him saying that YEC isn't their position, but as Intelligent design movement#The 'big tent' strategy shows, their position has always been to replace "materialist science" with "theistic science" first, and in the meantime to agree to differ about aspects like the age of the Earth. Nelson continues to be a prominent ID proponent, featuring along with Meyer at a 2007 symposium and turning up to support ID at meetings in February 2009 and November 2009. Still promoting ID and YEC side by side. Some of their arguments may seem logically incompatible, but ID has always included such contradictions. . . , talk