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National Center for Science Education (view source)
Revision as of 20:54, August 16, 2010
, 20:54, August 16, 2010a creature of the US Congress
The '''National Center for Science Education''' (NCSE) is a not-for-profit organization that advocates teaching the [[theory of evolution]] in [[U.S.]] [[public school]]s, to the exclusion of [[scientific creationism]] and [[intelligent design]], which it erroneously contends is a form of [[creationism]]. The NCSE acted as a consultant for the plaintiffs in the 2005 [[Kitzmiller vs. Dover Trial]] <ref> Eugenie C. Scott, "Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction", Greenwood Press, 2009 </ref>
The '''National Center for Science Education''' (NCSE) is a creature of the US Congress, established as a not-for-profit organization. It advocates teaching the [[theory of evolution]] in [[U.S.]] [[public school]]s, to the exclusion of [[scientific creationism]] and [[intelligent design]], which it erroneously contends is a form of [[creationism]]. The NCSE acted as a consultant for the plaintiffs in the 2005 [[Kitzmiller vs. Dover Trial]] <ref> Eugenie C. Scott, "Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction", Greenwood Press, 2009 </ref>
The NCSE is responsible for "[[Project Steve]]", a propaganda campaign based on a logically-fallacious ''[[Logical fallacies#Proof by numbers|argument ad populum]]''.
The NCSE is responsible for "[[Project Steve]]", a propaganda campaign based on a logically-fallacious ''[[Logical fallacies#Proof by numbers|argument ad populum]]''.