As far as I am concerned those performing research to support the Theory of Evolution ARE scientists. They use the Scientific Method, which demands constant study of hypotheses and constant evaluation of the methods in which evidence is collected and categorized. I dont see Creationists doing this. I see them taking half-truths, old data and twisting it to mean what they want it to mean.
The author of this frank statement is Richard Lewontin of Harvard. Since evolution is not a laboratory science, there is no way to test its validity, so all sorts of justso stories are contrived to adorn the textbooks. But that doesn't make them true! An evolutionist reviewing a recent book by another (but more critical) evolutionist, says:
We cannot identify ancestors or "missing links," and we cannot devise testable theories to explain how particular episodes of evolution came about. Gee is adamant that all the popular stories about how the first amphibians conquered the dry land, how the birds developed wings and feathers for flying, how the dinosaurs went extinct, and how humans evolved from apes are just products of our imagination, driven by prejudices and preconceptions.11