Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease

sciencehabit writes "A creationist conference set for a major research campus — Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing — is creating unease among some of the school's students and faculty, which includes several prominent evolutionary biologists. The event, called the Origins Summit, is sponsored by Creation Summit, an Oklahoma-based nonprofit Christian group that believes in a literal interpretation of the Bible and was founded to "challenge evolution and all such theories predicated on chance." The one-day conference will include eight workshops, according the event's website, including discussion of how evolutionary theory influenced Adolf Hitler's worldview, why "the Big Bang is fake," and why "natural selection is NOT evolution." News of the event caught MSU's scientific community largely by surprise. Creation Summit secured a room at the university's business school through a student religious group, but the student group did not learn about the details of the program—or the sometimes provocative talk titles — until later.

Comments

Re:Why at a place of learning?

[weilawei]

I'm all for it if it comes with a free bucket of tomatoes for the spectators.

Sounds legit

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it possible for a conference to Godwin itself?

Re:It makes you uneasy?

[CanadianMacFan]

There is no place for PSEUDOCIENCE in universities.

Time to kick economics out.