He (judge Cooper) also “defined” critical thinking in a way that is particularly damaging to the Discovery Institute. Judge Cooper observed that the language on the sticker actually undermines the goal of critical thinking by “predetermining what students should think about evolution.” He did not explicitly say that religious creationism claims would also be subject to critical thinking in the absence of a sham stated purpose but that unstated conclusion logically flows from his holding, and the Discovery Institute must now concede that ID must be equally subject to critical thinking for it to even be considered as a viable alternative in the classroom. In the absence of a positive unified field theory of ID, that will be increasingly difficult.