More Scientists Ready to Oppose Creationism

Friday June 24, 2005

The promotion of creationism has always focused on attacking evolution directly, but those who have paid close attention have realized that the arguments used against evolution also attacked science generally. Victories for creationism would have to be defeats for science generally - and, finally, more scientists outside of biology are realizing it.

Lucy Sheriff writes:

The NAS said that it has long supported the inclusion of evolution as a central element of any science education programme. But it warned that there was growing pressure to include "non-scientifically based 'alternatives' in science courses", adding that there are now 40 states or local school districts challenging the teaching of evolution.

Bizarre as this seems to us in the UK, in the states, the teaching of one of science's most robust and well-tested theories is a highly controversial matter. [The Register]

PZ Myers writes:

And suddenly, scientists in disciplines other than biology perk up and realize that these clowns are coming to pester them next. The Privileged Planet debacle is a sign that the anti-evolutionists are eager to pollute national science institutions and all scientific disciplines with their garbage, and more and more scientists are going to be speaking out harshly against them.

Usually we only find biologists arguing against creationism. Sometimes geologists contribute as well because creationist arguments so often misrepresent geology directly. It's time, though, that scientists from other fields like cosmology, physics, and chemistry contribute as well. First, their fields will be targeted next by the creationists; second, a more united front from all the sciences may help send the message that evolution is just as scientific as anything else scientists study.

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