"I believe that as part of education, people should be exposed to different schools of thought." Bush said in a joint interview with five Texas newspapers
President Bush accelerated the debates about the teaching of evolution in schools when he announced about a week ago his support for studying alternative perspectives such as the theory of intelligent design - to help students. "Understand better what the debate is about."
"I believe that as part of education, people should be exposed to different schools of thought." Bush said in a joint interview with five Texas newspapers. Although Bush did not explicitly say that he supports the concept of intelligent design, which claims that some of the properties of biological systems can only be explained thanks to the existence of an intelligent factor and not through natural selection, there are influential factors such as the National Academy of Sciences who oppose the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
Bush's unequivocal position will place him outside the scientific consensus in line with conservatives and "creationists" who challenge Darwin's theory on religious grounds. "Bush should have listened to his scientific adviser, John Marburger, who said that evolution is a cornerstone of modern biology." said Glenn Branch, vice president of the National Center for Science Education, a group that advocates for the study of evolution. "Marburger expressed these views in a discussion with the Higher Education Committee in March. Branch said.
"The federal government has little influence over the curriculum," Branch said. "The greatest thing it can achieve is to arouse the emotions of those who support the creationist position." added According to him, mainstream Republicans have also begun to show signs of disagreement on issues of science and religion. Recently, Senate Majority Leader Bill First announced that he is distancing himself from President Bush's unequivocal position and promoting legislation that would allow federal funding for stem cell research.
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