 | Eugenie Scott |
Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education
(NCSE), will visit the campus Sunday and Monday, Dec. 16 and 17, to give two
talks.
T H I S
Social anthropologist will examine
‘Why Creationism Isn’t Science’
Scott will examine “Why Creationism Isn’t Science” at 2 p.m.
on Sunday at the Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. A reception will follow.
On Monday at 4 p.m., she will discuss “Who Teaches the Teachers?” in
the Osborne Memorial Laboratory, 165 Prospect St. Both talks are free and open
to the public.
Scott will address the topic of creation science, and its newest iteration,
intelligent design, as it impacts the teaching of evolution.
A physical anthropologist, Scott is widely considered to be a leading expert
on creationism (including intelligent design), as well as one of its strongest
opponents.
In 1980 Scott was at the forefront of a successful attempt to prevent creationism
from being taught in the public schools of Lexington, Kentucky. From this grassroot
effort, NCSE — a not-for-profit membership organization that works to
improve the teaching of evolution, and of science as a way of knowing — was
formed in 1981. Its members oppose the advocacy of “scientific” creationism,
intelligent design and other religiously based views in science classes. Scott
was appointed the NCSE’s executive director in 1987, the year in which
teaching creation science in American public schools was deemed illegal by
the Supreme Court. Her book “Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction” was
published in 2004.
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