Biology Quote by Eugenie Scott

“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.”

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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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Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.

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There's a bait and switch going on here because the critics want the textbooks to question whether evolution occurred. And of course they don't…

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You can't really be scientifically literate if you don't understand evolution. And you can't be an educated member of society if you don't understand…

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Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under…

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I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be…

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People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They show up because they believe that if they…

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I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things.

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I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must know they're…

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In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about…

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Science is a limited way of knowing, looking at just the natural world and natural causes. There are a lot of ways human beings…

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