More - Eugenie Scott Quotes

When they say 'teach the controversy' — their ringing phrase — they want us to pretend to students that scientists are arguing whether evolution took place. This argument is not taking place.

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 Controversy

We can predict this fight happening elsewhere.

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This action is likely to be the playbook for creationism for the next several years, ... We can predict this fight happening elsewhere.

Eugenie Scott

 Action

As a legal strategy intelligent design is dead. It will be very difficult for any school district in the future to successfully survive a legal challenge. That doesn't mean intelligent design is dead as a very popular social movement. This is an idea that has got legs.

Eugenie Scott

 Design

The stakes are high,

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But no one is using irreducible complexity as a research strategy, and with very good reason ... because it's completely fruitless.

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 Complexity

This is actually, I think, key to understanding this whole controversy in this country: people think that because science restricts itself to a natural cause, it's therefore saying that God had nothing to do with it.

Eugenie Scott

 Controversy

Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.

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 Education

Intelligent design is ultimately a science stopper.

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 Design

Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them.

Eugenie Scott