Evolution Endorsed by Steves

Genrou writes "National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has started an interesting and unusual project. Project Steve gathered about 220 scientists - almost all holding PhDs in all areas of science, and inlcuding two Nobel prize winners, eight members of the National Academy of Sciences, and several well-known authors of popular science books - signed a statement on the importance of teaching evolution and against intelligent design. The unusual part is that all of them are named Steve. Eugenie C. Scott, the executive director of NCSE, explained: "Creationists are fond of amassing lists of PhDs who deny evolution to try to give the false impression that evolution is somehow on the verge of being rejected by the scientific community. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Hundreds of scientists endorsed the NCSE statement. And we asked only scientists named Steve -- who represent approximately 1% of scientists.""

Comments

Creationists taking biblical text out of context

[jcasey]

The major mistake that creationists make is their attempt to interpret biblical information in a scientific context. It should be noted that the author(s) of the book of Genesis did not write the story of the creation in order to teach how the world came to be, rather it was written to express a spiritual concept - that of a parental higher power, god, or divine origin that preceedes mankind. It suggests that this god preceedes mankind and is therefor not man made. Mistake number two is trying to create a scientific theory that justifies this misinterpretation (putting the cart in front of the horse)

Thanks for that cooperation

[ptaff]

Finally!

I'm so happy that Steves endorses Evolution!

Thanks M. Ballmer, thanks M. Jobs!

Finally a free PIM for all platforms!

And they are so humble at Ximian's they don't even report the news on their website!

Re:In other news

[Hard_Code]

Hundreds of years ago, science was sponsored by the church.

Re:In other news

[foistboinder]

Hundreds of years ago, the vast majority of "scientists" believed that the Earth was flat! Like a pancake!

There are some problems with that statement:

1. The earth was know to be round since the time of the ancient Greeks, possibly earlier.
2. Hundreds of years ago there really weren't any of what we would call scientists or a scientific community

RTFA

[yarbo]

The article isn't saying evolution is right (that's another debate). It's saying that the scientific community is nowhere near about to reject it.

Re:Modern science

[kasparov]

From the FAQ:

Well, is this some kind of joke, then?

Yes and no. Creationists are fond of circulating statements denouncing evolution signed by as many scientists as they can muster, with the intention of conveying the impression that evolution is a theory in crisis. The point of Project Steve is to demonstrate, in a lighthearted manner, that, on the contrary, the status of evolution within the scientific community is secure. But the signatories realize that science is not conducted by voting.

Flat Earth

[ENOENT]

Yes, hundred of years ago, the Earth was flat, but there's been quite a bit of inflation since then.

Re:Creationists taking biblical text out of contex

[nathanh]

Evolution and Creation share the same problem. They are both improvable.

Evolution is a fact with several real-world examples this past decade. Evolution is most certainly "improvable": if it wasn't then it could never be labelled a science. Falsifiable hypothesis is the keystone of all science.

Regardless of the weight of evidence to support evolution available now or at any point in the future it is unlikely that it will ever be possible to prove that God was not involved. In reality it comes down to a metaphysical discussion on the existence of God, and both are not scientific.

Evolution is science. It says nothing about the existence of God. Having all the answers is not a pre-requisite for being scientific. You are being ignorant when you claim otherwise.