Tag: National Center for Science Education
Chromosomal Fusion and Correcting Mistakes: A Retrospective on an Old Debate
The main evidence that Dr. Scott cites to argue that chromosomal fusions aren’t necessarily deleterious comes not from humans but from horses.
Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards
This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature.
Equivocation as a Tactic in the Evolution Debate
How many Americans accept Darwin’s belief that human beings are the result of an unguided, purposeless process? This survey doesn’t come close to telling us.
Survey Artificially Inflates the Percentage of Americans who “Accept Evolution”
Whether their question was chosen intentionally to inflate the degree of support for “evolution,” I cannot say.
Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”
We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories.