“Jonathan Wells has done us all - the scientific community, educators, and the wider public - a great service. In Icons of Evolution he has brilliantly exposed the exaggerated claims and deceptions that have persisted in standard textbook discussions of biological origins for many decades, in spite of contrary evidence. these claims have been so often repeated that they seem unassailable - that is, until one reads Wells's book.” WellsHas BeensBookDoneSeemsCommunityEvolutionStandardsEvidenceClaimsDecadesContraryDeceptionDiscussionSpiteExposedIconsEducatorTextbooksExaggeratedGreat Service Author:Dean H. Kenyon
“When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?” PersonsBeliefCausesReligiousSubjectsPolicyBattleDevilEvidenceDenyDebateDiscussionReligious BeliefPublic Policy Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.” GivingMarriageWifeHusbandEvidenceDiscussionHusband And WifeHusband Wife Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to make strong claims about the scientific evidence, lest contrarians "attack us". Another said that she'd rather err on the side of conservatism in her estimates, because then she feels more "secure."” FeelsHas BeensSaidStrongSidesEvidenceScientistClaimsClimate ChangeSecureDiscussionColleaguesConferencesConservatismReluctantScientific Evidence Author:Naomi Oreskes
“Considering the way the prebiotic soup is referred to in so many discussions of the origin of life as an already established reality, it comes as something of a shock to realize that there is absolutely no positive evidence for its existence.” WayRealityRealizingExistenceEvidenceDiscussionShockConsideringSoupOrigin Of Life Book:Evolution: A Theory in Crisis Source: Evolution: A Theory in Crisis