37 Quotes by Eugenie Scott

When they say 'teach the controversy' their ringing phrase they want us to pretend to students that scientists are arguing whether evolution took place. This argument is not taking place.

It is already clear that the new slogan for the ID movement is going to be 'Teach the Controversy!' -- even though there is no scientific controversy over the validity of evolution in biology.

I think we should pay attention to him. We ignore public understanding of science at our peril.

Lawsuits, from my standpoint, are a sign of failure. We're hoping the lessons of Dover can be communicated throughout the rest of the country.

This would, of course, not open up science but destroy it.

But no one is using irreducible complexity as a research strategy, and with very good reason ... because it's completely fruitless.

Essentially what goes on in these seminars is an effort to tell students they should ignore or deprecate the information the teacher is presenting to them. As a result teachers may teach less evolution, which means we have less science literacy.

The stakes are high. If Kansas gets away with it ... I anticipate that in every state where science standards are up for revision, we are going to be fighting another battle.

The most toxic thing about this whole discussion is the impression that most of the public has, that there's a line in the sand, and you have to be on one side or the other.