Statements on Teaching Evolution
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== Science Professionals == | == Science Professionals == | ||
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| + | === Daniel C. Dennett === | ||
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| + | Daniel Dennett, author of ''Darwin's Dangerous Idea'' and professor of philosophy at Tufts University, wrote in an August 2005 ''New York Times'' editorial:{{ref|nyt0508}} | ||
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| + | Since there is no content [in intelligent design creationism], there is no "controversy" to teach about in biology class. But here is a good topic for a high school course on current events and politics: Is intelligent design a hoax? And if so, how was it perpetrated? | ||
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=== Rush Holt === | === Rush Holt === | ||
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Intelligent design is not a scientific theory. | Intelligent design is not a scientific theory. | ||
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| + | === Ushma S. Neill === | ||
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| + | Ushma Neill, Executive Editor of the ''Journal of Clinical Investigation'', in an editorial in the same journal called [http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/115/10/2586 "Don’t be stupid about intelligent design"], wrote to colleagues: | ||
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| + | President George W. Bush and Senate majority leader Bill Frist have recently publicly advocated teaching intelligent design in science classes. Their endorsement of a discredited, nonscientific view could signal a huge step backward for scientific education. It is time for educated, motivated scientists to get involved and to educate others. [...] Get informed and get involved — whether by telling your neighbors, discussing with your children, or joining action groups or committees. Thinly veiled attempts to inject religion into the classroom should be stopped by those of us with the understanding and wherewithal to do so. | ||
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As stated in ''The American Biology Teacher'' by the eminent scientist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973), “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This often-quoted declaration accurately reflects the central, unifying role of evolution in biology. [...] Experimentation, logical analysis, and evidence-based revision are procedures that clearly differentiate and separate science from other ways of knowing. Explanations or ways of knowing that invoke non-naturalistic or supernatural events or beings, whether called “creation science,” “scientific creationism,” “intelligent design theory,” “young earth theory,” or similar designations, are outside the realm of science and not part of a valid science curriculum. | As stated in ''The American Biology Teacher'' by the eminent scientist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973), “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This often-quoted declaration accurately reflects the central, unifying role of evolution in biology. [...] Experimentation, logical analysis, and evidence-based revision are procedures that clearly differentiate and separate science from other ways of knowing. Explanations or ways of knowing that invoke non-naturalistic or supernatural events or beings, whether called “creation science,” “scientific creationism,” “intelligent design theory,” “young earth theory,” or similar designations, are outside the realm of science and not part of a valid science curriculum. | ||
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| + | This entire NABT statement has also been adopted as their official statement on teaching evolution by the following organizations: | ||
| + | * [http://www.statweb.org/positions/STATEvolution.html The Science Teachers Association of Texas] | ||
| + | * [http://www.texarkanacollege.edu/%7Emstorey/TABT/ The Texas Association of Biology Teachers] | ||
=== National Science Teachers Association === | === National Science Teachers Association === | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| + | #{{note|nyt0508}}Daniel C. Dennett, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/opinion/28dennett.html?ex=1282881600&en=5e66afa05b9ed96b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Show Me Science]", ''New York Times'', 28 August 2005. | ||
#{{note|rh}}Rush Holt, [http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/9/8/183216/1039/ "Intelligent Design: It's Not Even Wrong"], TPMcafe, 8 September 2005. | #{{note|rh}}Rush Holt, [http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/9/8/183216/1039/ "Intelligent Design: It's Not Even Wrong"], TPMcafe, 8 September 2005. | ||
#{{note|ljt}}Jack Malvern, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1837607,00.html "Puzzle of the penguin trek parable"], The Times [London], 22 October 2005. | #{{note|ljt}}Jack Malvern, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1837607,00.html "Puzzle of the penguin trek parable"], The Times [London], 22 October 2005. | ||
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* [http://www.ncseweb.org/default.asp National Center for Science Education]. | * [http://www.ncseweb.org/default.asp National Center for Science Education]. | ||
* [http://bobpark.org/ "What's New", by Bob Park]. | * [http://bobpark.org/ "What's New", by Bob Park]. | ||
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