The Bill Nye-Ken Ham Debate Was a Nightmare for Science - The Daily Beast

The Bill Nye-Ken Ham Debate Was a Nightmare for Science - The Daily Beast

I've heard it claimed, by people who aren't engineers or scientists, that evolution must be taught and believed because it is the foundation of all other sciences. That's nonsense, and it's nice to see it confirmed as such by Michael Schulson's opinion piece on the Bill Nye - Ken Ham debate over creation and evolution.

"Creationism in public schools may be a social disaster, but it's hard to prove that it's a financial one, too. And [Ken] Ham was ready. He had a recorded statement in which Raymond Damadian, who helped invent MRI, expressed his firm belief that the world was created in six days, six thousand years ago, as outlined in Genesis. Ham's message was clear--and accurate: you can be a creationist and invent economically useful stuff."

MORE: Evolution News and Views wishes someone had been on the stage to argue the case for intelligent design from scientific evidence.