The episode out today on the Skeptic Zone podcast features a panel discussion from the Science Track at Dragon*Con -- called “Darwin’s Bulldogs, Teachers on the Front Lines”.
This panel was proposed by the moderator Matt Lowry, who is a high school physics teacher and a part-time Physics and Astronomy college professor. Joining him was myself, C. Kevin Barrett (a writer and biological anthropologist), Martin Bridgstock of Griffith University and author of the forthcoming book ‘Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal‘, Barbara Drescher, a cognitive psychologist and lecturer at California State University, Northridge, and our guest of honor, Dr. Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education.
I took a little video footage during the presentation -- you can see that here:
During the show, you can hear us discuss our experiences with creationists and how to effectively counter their pseudoscientific nonsense while also promoting good science education. Please pop in a review at iTunes and leave some comments at the official site at www.skepticzone.tv.
In related news -- Dr Eugenie Scott has written on ‘How Creationist ‘Origin’ Distorts Darwin‘, commenting on creationist Ray Comfort’s new, antievolution version of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.
“The copy his publisher sent me is missing no fewer than four crucial chapters, as well as Darwin’s introduction. Two of the omitted chapters, Chapters 11 and 12, showcase biogeography, some of Darwin’s strongest evidence for evolution. Which is a better explanation for the distribution of plants and animals around the planet: common ancestry or special creation? Which better explains why island species are more similar to species on the mainland closest to them, rather than to more distant species that share a similar environment? The answer clearly is common ancestry. Today, scientists continue to develop the science of biogeography, confirming, refining, and extending Darwin’s conclusions.”
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