Open AccessPresident Bush advocates teaching “intelligent design“
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2005eo320002
Subject(s) - intelligent design , george (robot) , work (physics) , sociology , engineering , engineering ethics , political science , computer science , epistemology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , mechanical engineering
U.S. President George W. Bush has come out in favor of the teaching of “intelligent design” alongside the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools. Intelligent design includes the tenet that life on Earth is too complex to have evolved on its own and must therefore be the work of an intelligent designer. In a 1 August press briefing, Bush said that “both sides ought to be properly taught…so people can understand what the debate is about.” He added, “Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought… You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes.”