Stephen Jay Gould gave a speech at the University of Chicago. This was open to the public. I was there. I learned quite a bit that day.
"Creation science has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple and so basic that we often forget to mention it: because it is false, and because good teachers understand exactly why it is false. What could be more destructive of that most fragile yet most precious commodity in our entire intellectual heritage -- good teaching -- than a bill forcing honorable teachers to sully their sacred trust by granting equal treatment to a doctrine not only known to be false, but calculated to undermine any general understanding of science as an enterprise?"
-- Stephen Jay Gould
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
In Idiot America magical creationism was changed to "Creation science" so theocrats could stick it into science classrooms. They lost in court. Then "Creation science" was changed to "intelligent design" so theocrats could stick it into science classrooms. They lost in court. These days Christian assholes are still trying to force biology teachers to give equal time to both magical creationism and evolution. They will never be allowed to get away with it. Their other idea is harassing and threatening biology teachers. Christians are stupid fucking assholes.
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