Eugenie Scott
Eugenie Scott
Eugenie Carol Scottis an American physical anthropologist, a former university professor and one of the strongest voices challenging the teaching of young earth creationism and intelligent design in schools. From 1987 to 2013, Scott served as the Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, Inc., a pro-evolution nonprofit science education organization with members in every state. She holds a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from the University of Missouri. A human biologist, her research has been in medical anthropology...
community faith needs step
The faith community needs to step up to the plate.
definitely gears parents sand throw win
If the parents win the upcoming case, it will definitely throw sand in the gears of the 'intelligent design' movement.
school leader atheism
Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.
teaching school mean
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 creationism." Being right doesn't mean it'll pass.
atheism textbooks want
There's a bait and switch going on here because the critics want the textbooks to question whether evolution occurred. And of course they don't because scientists don't question whether evolution occurred.
thinking data atheism
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.
students evolution biology
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.
fields spheres evolution
Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.
important facts evolution
I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things.
religious school ideas
Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever changing guises.
art knowing atheism
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 universe - through literature, theology, aesthetics, art or music.
religion atheism evolution
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.
school exercise thinking
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.
religious believe love-you
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 evolution, then they are abandoning their religious beliefs. They see it as an either/or proposition: Either evolution happened, or God loves you.