NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2016/10/21
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2016-10-21 17:00.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, In Scientific American, Steve Mirsky continues to tell of his adventures on the Colorado River with NCSE.
MIRSKY ON RAFTING WITH NCSE, CONTINUED In a column published in the November 2016 issue of Scientific American, Steve Mirsky continues to relate his excursion through the Grand Canyon with NCSE. It was, Mirsky jokes, "a trip intelligently designed to include discussions of how scientists see the canyon's formations as billions of years of history written in rock versus how Young Earth creationists see the canyon as evidence for Noah's flood a week ago Thursday. Okay, I'm just kidding. What they believe is that the flood in question happened some 4,400 years ago and produced the geology and fossils of the canyon. Now I'm not kidding." Noting that young-earth creationists have a constitutional right to reject science's deliverances on the age of the earth and the Grand Canyon, Mirsky concludes, "But as numerous trial verdicts have agreed, that same amendment prohibits the short version of history -- and its antievolution corollaries -- from being taught in public schools as science. Creationism in biology classes would make our educational system the way I was in the canyon -- all wet." By the way, NCSE is still accepting reservations for the next excursion to the Grand Canyon, June 29 through July 7, 2017. For Mirsky's columns about the trip in Scientific American, visit: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hanging-with-scientists-at-the-bottom-of-the-grand-canyon/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-grand-canyon-puts-you-in-touch-with-time/ And for information about the 2017 excursion, visit: https://ncse.com/news/2016/08/ncse-grand-canyon-2017-0018361 WHAT'S NEW FROM THE SCIENCE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Have you been visiting NCSE's blog, The Science League of America, recently? If not, then you've missed: * Glenn Branch comparing the careers of A. C. Dixon and Thomas F. Dixon Jr.: https://ncse.com/blog/2016/10/two-dixons-0018351 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612-2922 510-601-7203 fax 510-788-7971 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's blog, Science League of America: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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