6 Quotes & Sayings By Kenneth R Miller

Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in Science Education at the University of Minnesota. He received his Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Minnesota in 1965 Read more

His research interests include science education, especially the teaching of evolution, and science communication. He is well known for his work on public understanding of science, including The Skeptic's Handbook (University Science Books) and An Illustrated Guide to Creationism (University Science Books), which is used by scientists, teachers, and students throughout the world. His lists "Ten Worst Ideas" and "Ten Best Ideas" are regularly cited by newspapers, magazines, television programs, and radio talk shows.

He has received over fifty awards for his writing and teaching.

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It is high time that we grew up and left the Garden. We are indeed Eden’s children, yet it is time to place Genesis alongside the geocentric myth in the basket of stories that once, in a world of intellectual naivete, made helpful sense. As we walk through the gates, aware of the dazzling richness of the genuine biological world, there might even be a smile on the Creator’s face – that at long last His creatures have learned enough to understand His world as it truly is. Kenneth R. Miller
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We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate. Kenneth R. Miller
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We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth. Kenneth R. Miller
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America's got a Darwin problem - and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they 'believe in evolution.' Kenneth R. Miller
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The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually. Kenneth R. Miller