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 symposium and turning up to support id at meetings in february and november still promoting id and yec side by side some of their arguments may seem logically incompatible but id has always included such contradictions talk