Evolution Part 4 feat. Michael Zimmerman (We Don’t Need No Education)

2019-12-04

Episode 18 Dr Michael Zimmerman sits down with us to discuss some of the work he has been doing around religion and evolution for the past several decades as we look at some of the cases being decided today. how do we reclaim the authority of experts? Can/should we teach some form of intelligent design in public schools? What is at stake in this discussion? Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/ produced by Zack Jacksonmusic by Zack Ja...

Episode 18

Dr Michael Zimmerman sits down with us to discuss some of the work he has been doing around religion and evolution for the past several decades as we look at some of the cases being decided today. how do we reclaim the authority of experts? Can/should we teach some form of intelligent design in public schools? What is at stake in this discussion?

Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast

More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/

produced by Zack Jackson
music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis

Show Notes

Clergy letter project, founded by Michael Zimmerman

https://www.theclergyletterproject.org/

Court Cases / Board of Education rules

1981 Arkansas: McLean vs. Board of Education

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4726786

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mclean-v-arkansas.html

2004 Wisconsin, Grantsburg

https://ncse.ngo/grantsburgs-third-try

2005 Pennsylvania, Dover vs Kitzmiller [teaching intelligent design as alternative]

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/education/judge-rejects-teaching-intelligent-design.html

1987 Louisiana; Edwards v. Aguillard [do not have to teach creationism in parallel to evolution]

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Edwards-v-Aguilard

2008 Louisiana; “Science education act”

http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=503483&n=SB733%20Act%20473

2019 Ohio Science bill

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/11/ohio-lawmakers-clear-bill-allowing-students-to-turn-in-inaccurate-work-in-name-of-religion-second-anti-science-bill-in-a-week.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ohio-school-religion-answers/

Various states/years

https://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/fighting-over-darwin-state-by-state/

Definitions/People

Stephen Jay Gould

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/21/us/stephen-jay-gould-60-is-dead-enlivened-evolutionary-theory.html

Intelligent Design

https://intelligentdesign.org/whatisid/ [pro]

https://web.archive.org/web/20021113213410/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2002/1106id2.shtml [against]

Irreducible Complexity

https://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/origins/ic-cr.htm [pro]

http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Suboptimal.cfm [against]