Areas Quote by Rick Santorum

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

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

We have no acceptable theory of evolution at the present time. There is none; and I cannot accept the theory that I teach to…

— Jerome Lejeune

Well, it [evolution] is a theory, it is a scientific theory only, and it has in recent years been challenged in the world of…

— Ronald Reagan

Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new…

— Bill Nye

The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull.

— Ian Hacking

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

— Ken Ham

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

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

Evolution is a very, very important idea. It is the explanation for all of life - a stunningly simple, yet powerful explanation. If you…

— Richard Dawkins

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