Kitzmiller v. Dover, the 2005 case establishing the unconstitutionality of teaching intelligent design creationism in the public schools, was a pivotal event in the history of the creationism/evolution controversy in the United States. Why was Kitzmiller the effective end of the second phase of antievolution strategy? And what is the third phase going to be like?
Glenn Branch, deputy director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), is a former graduate student in philosophy at UCLA, where he won prizes both for scholarship and teaching. He is conversant with the philosophical debates surrounding creationism and "Intelligent Design"; as well as a long-time student of pseudoscience. Branch is co-editor, with (former NCSE Executive Director) Eugenie Scott, of Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools, and the author or coauthor of numerous articles on creationism and evolution in such publications as Scientific American, The American Biology Teacher, and Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics.
This is a special lecture as part of our Feed Your Brain lecture series.
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a not-for-profit, membership organization providing information and resources for schools, parents, and concerned citizens working to keep evolution and climate science in public school science education. We educate the press and public about the scientific and educational aspects of controversies surrounding the teaching of evolution and climate change, and supply needed information and advice to defend good science education at local, state, and national levels. Our 5000 members are scientists, teachers, clergy, and citizens with diverse religious and political affiliations. Website: http://ncse.com/
Recorded on September 14th 2014 at the Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles.
Interview:
http://youtu.be/eZI0rNmNR34
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