Biology Quote by Ian Hacking

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

— Eugenie Scott

Evolution is a large political controversy as to what should be taught in the schools. But there is no scientific controversy that we evolved…

— Carl Zimmer

For students, the evolution-creation discussion can be a useful exercise, for it can help develop their critical thinking skills.

— Ken Ham

The opposition to teaching evolution is, of course, almost always given a religious reason. That may usually be its real basis, but I think…

— George Gaylord Simpson

Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

— Bill Nye

Evolution has long been badly taught. In particular, students - and even professional biologists - acquire theories of evolution without any deep understanding of…

— Gregory Bateson

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…

— Eugenie Scott

“For those scientists who take it seriously, Darwinian evolution has functioned more as a philosophical belief system than as a testable scientific hypothesis. This…

— James A. Shapiro

People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.

— Greg Graffin

You know, our fundamentalist friends dislike the teaching of evolution in schools because of the effect they feel it has on our view of…

— Steven Weinberg

The battle over the validity of evolution has been publicly posed as a scientific one. However, you will find little sign of it in…

— Victor J. Stenger

There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in America where students aren't even allowed to critically think about…

— Ken Ham