Explore Evolution: the Latest Tactic of the
Stealth Creationists
If you are interested in the evolving strategies of the clever
creationists at the Discovery Institute I recommend you take the time to
read this careful
review of their latest disgrace. Therein you can witness a
biologist deconstructing the book Explore Evolution, which
tries to take advantage of recent legislation in Louisiana that opens
the door to “supplemental materials” about evolution. The author shows
how this pseudo-textbook gets the science wrong and deliberately
attempts to confuse students. The objective seems to be to cast doubt on
the scientific method and critical thinking in general, opening the path
to the medieval superstitions that the authors would appear to prefer to
the teaching of actual biology. This type of critical examination is very
helpful to parents who are concerned with keeping this nonsense out of
our childrens’s schools, as it exposes the strategies used by the
creationists, who have learned to be careful to hide their true
motivations and plans.