Pigliucci takes on Palin

Is Sarah Palin a Creationist? By Massimo Pigliucci, Scientific Blogging posted: 01 September There is something completely inadequate here in Pigliucci’s response on the question of Palin and the conservative take on education in evolution. I can understand the sense of alarm that arises from this religious/conservative assault on the shools. But before scientists so complacently address this issue with the cliches of Big Science, they might stop to consider that they can’t defend themselves against Darwin critics if their stance on Darwinism is wrong, poor science, and the tenacity with which it is defended a sign of the wrong education in science the religious right itself is protesting. A kind of arrogance against religion is thus preposterous if scientists are involved in their own ‘Darwin superstition’. In fairness, ‘teaching both sides’ isn’t likely to work: both sides are wrong, and are excluding multiple alternate viewpoin...