In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about evolution and may lead them to reject one of the major themes in science.
Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them. - Eugenie Scott
Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them.
- Eugenie Scott
Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims un… - Eugenie Scott
Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims un…
You can't really be scientifically literate if you don't understand evolution. And you can't be an educated member of society if you don't understand… - Eugenie Scott
You can't really be scientifically literate if you don't understand evolution. And you can't be an educated member of society if you don't understand…
Science is a limited way of knowing, looking at just the natural world and natural causes. There are a lot of ways human beings understand the univer… - Eugenie Scott
Science is a limited way of knowing, looking at just the natural world and natural causes. There are a lot of ways human beings understand the univer…
I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be teaching creat… - Eugenie Scott
I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be teaching creat…
In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to con… - Eugenie Scott
In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to con…
Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized. - Eugenie Scott
Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.
People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They show up because they believe that if they accept evo… - Eugenie Scott
People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They show up because they believe that if they accept evo…
I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must know they're distorting. - Eugenie Scott
I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must know they're distorting.
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