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# Nick Matzke

(1999)   Evolutionary Biologist

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Nick Matzke is an evolutionary biologist.

## Quick Facts About Nick Matzke

Born November 30, 1999

Profession Evolutionary Biologist

## About Nick Matzke

Nicholas J. Matzke is the former Public Information Project Director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) and served an instrumental role in NCSE's preparation for the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial. One of his chief contributions was discovering drafts of Of Pandas and People which demonstrated that the term "intelligent design" was later substituted for "creationism". This became a key component of Barbara Forrest's testimony. After the trial he co-authored a commentary in Nature Immunology, was interviewed on Talk of the Nation, and was profiled in Seed as one of nine "revolutionary minds".

##  Quotes by Nick Matzke

> [Science is advanced by proposing and testing hypothesis, not by declaring questions unsolvable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-matzke/science-is-advanced-by-proposing-and-testing-hypothesis-not-by/)

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> [It gets worse when you realize that for YECs, 22 months is only 1.4 million years in evolutionary time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-matzke/it-gets-worse-when-you-realize-that-for-yecs-22-months-is-only-1-4/)

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