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CSC Policy Position: Teach Scientific Strengths & Weakness of Neo-Darwinian Evolution
Recent events in Kansas have given Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture an occasion to repeat its policy position concerning the teaching of evolutionary theory in public schools. Now a proposed piece of legislation in New York requires another reiteration.To restate the CSC’s policy on teaching evolutionary theory in public schools: we OPPOSE the MANDATING of intelligent design theory in public schools. Intelligent design is a promising scientific theory, but it is nonetheless an emerging theory. A better policy would be for students to learn some of the scientific criticisms of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory and chemical origin-of-life theories, along with the best scientific arguments favoring those respective theories. Drs. John Angus Campbell and Stephen Meyer lay out such a Read More ›
Astonished and Amused by Lamoureux’s (Mis)Take on Intelligent Design
It’s always unfortunate when people misconstrue or misrepresent other people.
Ten Myths About Dover: #5, “Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy”
Our position on science education in schools had been publicly documented since 2002 — several years before Dover.
Journalistic Malpractice in South Dakota: Argus Leader Won’t Correct Misleading Story
Reporter Patrick Anderson and his editor won’t let facts get in the way of a good story.
On Academic Freedom Bills and More, Here’s Why I Rarely Trust Reporters: The Case of Patrick Anderson
Yesterday a reporter at the Argus Leader in South Dakota called to interview me. We discussed a bill that’s recently been submitted in his state.