Swarthmore College Biologist Likens Creationists to Holocaust Deniers, Saying Both Falsely Imply Debate Is Warranted. The current debate in Kansas over how to teach evolution gives credence to "quack science" and endangers good science education when it is most needed, says a Swarthmore College evolutionary biologist. He also dismisses claims that evolution is "just a theory" that science textbooks should treat as unsound or open to debate. "Evolution is a 'theory' like gravity is a 'theory,'" says Associate Professor of Biology Colin Purrington, who teaches a class on evolution every fall. "The low-budget remake of the Scopes trial that is...