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Related: About this forumCreationism lecture at world Skeptics Congress
World Skeptics Congress 2012 (3): "Creationism In and Outside of the US", Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). More videos of the World Skeptics Congress will be uploaded to the following channels:
http://www.youtube.com/FFreeThinker
http://www.youtube.com/ScienceTV
http://www.youtube.com/Best0fScience
http://www.youtube.com/RationalHumanism
http://www.youtube.com/WissensMagazin
http://www.youtube.com/FFreeThinker
http://www.youtube.com/ScienceTV
http://www.youtube.com/Best0fScience
http://www.youtube.com/RationalHumanism
http://www.youtube.com/WissensMagazin
I found it a wonderful summary of how Creationist politics grow in the USA and a brief summary of how these forces are growing in other nations. Eugenie Scott is always worth listening to. A bit long, but the first 30 minutes are the lecture itself, then Q+A.
Eugenie Scott is an American physical anthropologist who has been the executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) since 1987. She is a leading critic of young earth creationism and intelligent design.
Eugenie Scott, a former university professor, is the Executive Director of NCSE. She has been both a researcher and an activist in the creationism/evolution controversy for over twenty-five years, and can address many components of this controversy, including educational, legal, scientific, religious, and social issues.
She has received national recognition for her NCSE activities, including awards from scientific societies, educational societies, skeptics groups, and humanist groups. She holds eight honorary degrees, from McGill, Rutgers, Mt. Holyoke, the University of New Mexico, Ohio State, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Colorado College, and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
In 2005, Scott and other NCSE staff served as scientific and educational consultants for the plaintiffs in the Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District case, which originated in Dover, Pennsylvania. Judge John Jones ruled against teaching intelligent design or creationism in the public schools.
Eugenie Scott offers stimulating and thought-provoking lectures. She is the author of "Evolution vs Creationism" and co-editor, with Glenn Branch, of "Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools".
Eugenie Scott, a former university professor, is the Executive Director of NCSE. She has been both a researcher and an activist in the creationism/evolution controversy for over twenty-five years, and can address many components of this controversy, including educational, legal, scientific, religious, and social issues.
She has received national recognition for her NCSE activities, including awards from scientific societies, educational societies, skeptics groups, and humanist groups. She holds eight honorary degrees, from McGill, Rutgers, Mt. Holyoke, the University of New Mexico, Ohio State, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Colorado College, and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
In 2005, Scott and other NCSE staff served as scientific and educational consultants for the plaintiffs in the Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District case, which originated in Dover, Pennsylvania. Judge John Jones ruled against teaching intelligent design or creationism in the public schools.
Eugenie Scott offers stimulating and thought-provoking lectures. She is the author of "Evolution vs Creationism" and co-editor, with Glenn Branch, of "Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools".
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Creationism lecture at world Skeptics Congress (Original Post)
edcantor
May 2012
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OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)1. Will look tongiht
when I get home. Sounds interesting!
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longship
(40,416 posts)3. Eugenie Scott is the real deal.
I first learned of her in depth with her first interview on SGU (Skeptic's Guide to the Universe -- the best skeptic podcast in the universe). I recommend you listen to her multiple SGU interviews if you are ignorant of Eugenie.
Everything she does turns to gold. I am a huge fan of her, and what NCSE does.
R&K