Statements on Teaching Evolution
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Understanding sciences brings order, harmony, and balance to our lives. The sciences teach us that the world is intelligible and not capricious. They give us the skills for lifelong learning, for creating progress itself. | Understanding sciences brings order, harmony, and balance to our lives. The sciences teach us that the world is intelligible and not capricious. They give us the skills for lifelong learning, for creating progress itself. | ||
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| + | Luc Jacquet, director of the surprise documentary-film hit of 2005, ''March of the Penguins'', was quoted{{ref|ljt}} in ''The London Times'' reacting to the popularity of the film among American fundamentalists and anti-evolutionist: | ||
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| + | For me there is no doubt about evolution. I am a scientist. The intelligent design theory is a step back to the thinking of 300 years ago. My film is not supposed to be interpreted in this way [i.e., as "evidence" for intelligent-design creationism]. | ||
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