Bejan is showing that one need not resort to randomness (and their corollaries meaninglessness and nihilism) in order to remove the science of evolution from the aesthetic grip of religion.
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But the outlines of a science of human evolution that can explain humanity's success, and also its continuing failings, are now in place.
This applies to politics, to big life decisions, to beliefs surrounding evolution and science, and to hygiene and health.
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After boycotting a series of hearings in Topeka last May, in which supporters of intelligent design criticized evolution, science groups are now mobilizing to defend what biologists say is a bedrock scientific theory.
Jon Huntsman is making headlines because he announces such startling revelations as believing in evolution and climate science.
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But both evolution and climate science have become controversial flashpoints, spawning activist groups that are working to undermine science.
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This new stage in the evolution of data science holds a lot of promise, but also requires people that could take advantage of the new technologies and techniques for data analysis.
Dr Hilary Leevers, of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, said science teachers would be teaching evolution not creationism and so should not need a book to tell them how to "delicately handle controversy between a scientific theory and a belief".
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But Prof Reiss argues that there is an educational value in comparing creationist ideas with scientific theories like Darwin's theory of evolution because they demonstrate how science, unlike religious beliefs, can be tested.
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The committee stressed that evolution was a part of modern science that all children must study.
The state board there adopted new science standards that encourage teachers and students to question evolution.
Evolution is part of Tennessee's science curriculum, which the bill does not change.
The past year was not a good one for creationists trying to force public school science teachers to water down the teaching of biological evolution.
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Late last month, two national science organizations threw up a last-minute roadblock, refusing permission to use their copyrighted material in Kansas state guidelines, but as NPR's Greg Allen reports, that won't stop Kansas from adopting science standards that critics say constitute an attack on evolution.
The Kansas Board of Education is set to vote this week on science standards that would encourage teachers and students to question evolution and to explore other ideas about how life developed on Earth.
Haidt fails to grapple meaningfully with the question of why nearly all of the best minds in science find liberal ideas to be closer to the mark with respect to evolution, human nature, mental health, close relationships, intergroup relations, ethics, social justice, conflict resolution, environmental sustainability, and so on.
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The Vatican has its own Observatory, is exploring an open source ethos, accepts evolution, and on the whole has rejected its stereotypical medieval anti-science stereotype.
Tackling climate science may seem like a surprising departure for NCSE, which has previously focused exclusively on evolution.
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