If the students don't want to learn about evolution, they shouldn't be in the course. A biology course that teaches creationism is not a science course, it's a religion course. So the students demanding that creationism be given credence in that course are out of line and are denying the academic freedom of the professor. They are calling into question the scientific basis of the material that's being presented. And students are not in a position to do that.
We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true.
One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.
Psychedelics are probably responsible for every aspect of human evolution apart from the decline in bodyhair.
When the dominant images of a culture are anticipatory, they "lead" social development and provide direction for social change.
In nothing is there more evolution than the American mind.
Darwinism has become our culture's official creation myth, protected by a priesthood as dogmatic as any religious curia.
Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.
Irreducible complexity is a problem for Darwinian evolution. Whenever we see these complex functional systems we realise that they have to be designed.
Evolution has been observed. It's just that it hasn't been observed while it's happening.
Journalists generally have no bias toward one cosmological theory or another, but many have a natural preference for excitement.
History is not just the evolution of technology; it is the evolution of thought.
The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.
It is God who creates effects and preserves all things through God's almighty power.
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.
A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.
We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery.
If evolution exists in every living species, likewise so too does devolution.
Sure we fit. We wouldn't be here if we didn't. But the world wasn't made for us and it will endure without us.