catwho wrote:
The thing that gets me about all the "teach the controversy" laws is that they ignore the fact that there is no controversy in scientific circles, except from a smaller number of scientists than those who still believe the Earth is flat.
There are no scientists who think the Earth is flat. That would be a complete oxymoron (I don't think that's the right word, actually).
You could make a pretty solid case for things other than just natural selection occurring,
as well. The people who want to "teach the controversy" want it to be as to whether Evolution happens at all. That's not really going to happen. There are more peer reviewed articles and physical evidence for Evolution than any other theory in science to date. This is not up for discussion.
Now if you want to ask if we know of the processes by which evolution can occur? That's where scientists go "I don't know" and then you can present a hypothesis and test it. That's where creationism fails. That's why it isn't science. That's why people like Bill Nye have to make statements like this.
Edited, Aug 30th 2012 3:00pm by Nilatai