Sentences with phrase «by creationists»

The whole «micro vs. macro» evolution schtick is an attempt at obfuscation by Creationists who found themselves unable to deny the demontrated evidence.
After an enthusiastic reception by journalists and some scientists, the theory was seized on by creationists as a sign that the theory of evolution was not universally accepted.
In an often quoted remark, Gould stated, «Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists — whether through design or stupidity, I do not know — as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms.
Those are obfuscatory terms made up by Creationists when they realized they couldn't deny evolution as an entirety anymore.
The Piltdown hoax [the 1912 discovery of a supposed skull of early man, which 40 years later was determined to be a human cranium and ape jaw fraudulently joined together] was actually perceived [as a hoax] fairly early on by creationists because they refused to believe that this could have been a real skull.
The whole «micro vs. macro» evolution argument is an attempt at obfuscation by Creationists who found themselves unable to deny the demontrated evidence.
1987: Francisco Ayala, Norman Newell, and Stanley Weinberg — This award was given jointly for the efforts of the awardees in alerting scientists and the public to the danger to the scientific enterprise and to sound scientific education posed by the creationist movement.
macro evolution is a term used as a smoke screen by creationists.
«I see myself quoted by creationists, climate change deniers,» he says.
(give credit to observable science, which as Ham points out is fully embraced by the creationist community)
He's just refuting the ridiculous assertions by some creationists to refute clear evidence of evolutionary theory, or suggest that the Earth is only 6,000 years old.
I guess the world would be better off with out the MRI and other inventions created by Creationist since in his words «they hinder the advancement of science.»
There's a lot of gross misinformation, and outright propaganda put out there by creationists aimed at just reassuring the opponents, who they count on to take what they say on face value.
Again, here is Gould's response to being quote - mined by creationists:
Local boards of education have also been targeted by creationists for grass - roots action as a means of achieving their goals regardless of legislatures and state boards.
«Contrary to claims by creationists, macro and microevolution describe fundamentally identical processes on different time scales.»
Why should science in America be held back by creationists who do nt understand the fundamental basics of science?
Darwinism is an invented - ism by creationists to strawman biological evolution.
The one thing I need explained by creationists is why did God create man to have to use the restroom?
Worse, he says nothing about the real problem with creationism, which is the never - ending campaign by creationists to impose their ideas forcibly on other people.
Some limited attempts have been made by creationist geologists to reclassify the entire geological column within this framework, but the task is immense.»
«Patterson has been quote mined several times by creationists, most notably from a tape recording of a talk he gave in 1981 at the American Museum of Natural History for a systematics discussion group.
Along with many other researchers in the field, Gould's works were sometimes deliberately taken out of context by creationists as «proof» that scientists no longer understood how organisms evolved.
Ussher's work, from the mid-1600s, is widely cited by creationists as evidence that Earth is only a few thousand years old.
Colem — That's weak even by creationist standards.
In referring to creationism in this way, the National Trust appear to have fallen victim to the «teach the controversy» strategy pursued by creationists, in their attempt to disseminate their views via educational institutions.
Subjects in the issue include the importance of natural selection, the sources of genetic variability, human evolution's past and future, pop evolutionary psychology, everyday applications of evolutionary theory, the science of the game Spore, and the ongoing threat to science education posed by creationist activists.
Phenetically, KNM - ER 1470 is closest to the remains from Olduvai [considered apes by creationists] referred to H. habilis.
Ironically enough, one of the best refutations of the idea that Neandertalism is caused by diseases such as rickets, syphilis or arthritis, is by a creationist author, Jack Cuozzo (1998, pp.275 - 279).
This claim is taken from an article by creationist David Menton.
It is enthusiastically praised by creationists, and sold and recommended by AIG, who call it «the leading creationist work in fossil study today».
One of the favorite ploys by Creationists is to say well how do you know the rocks.
The argument to screen Vaxxed regardless of its relationship to the truth feels similar to that pushed by creationists who cloak their school agendas under the cloak of «teaching the controversy,» when in fact no actual controversy exists.
The Q & A session was surprising, as it was dominated by creationists heckling him, so much so that Dr. Gould treated even serious questions with hostility.
Of course I just made that up much like the «science» used by Creationists in an attempt to discredit real science.
«Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists - whether through design or stupidity, I do not know - as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms.
It is completely made up by creationist because they can't argue against micro evolution because it is continually happening right in front of them.
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