It’s just a bunch of intelligent design anti-science propaganda. This explains the most perplexing part of the whole movie: why a science teacher? I mean, he sure doesn’t act very scientific…
Turns out that much like the scary plant monster, if you look for a conspiracy, you’ll probably find one. Whether it is a bunch of propaganda or not, it doesn’t matter, because it’s still fucking terrible. Absolutely aweful. Recklessly bad.