[VadeRetro]

My point all along is that it is ridiculous that this professor be asked to step down from her position over this issue as presented by this article. It should not be wrong to ask questions and present other theories in the context this was done.

I do not claim to know what she said, but I am familiar with the so-called "evidence against evolution" which ID-ists routinely demand be taught in school alongside the actual body of biological science. The description of her talk sounds mightily like something from this same body of cult literature.

There ARE stupid questions, and this is the problem, whether she should be teaching in the very area where she is unable to demonstrate critical thought. An astrologer or a flat-earther may certainly question modern astronomy, but do you want your aspiring-astronomer child to be taught astronomy by such a naysaying dolt?

[ALS]

Vade, do you always see everyone as intelligent or stupid based on whether they hold your personal beliefs or is it just in this thread?

[ican'tbelieveit]

You are still missing what kind of class this was. This is not a class of beginning students, these were upper level honor students. This would be the perfect place to present these theories.

[VadeRetro]

From the main article:

Bryson said that following the presentation, a senior professor of biology told her she was unqualified and not a professional biologist, and said her presentation was "religion masquerading as science."

She has a case if this guy is simply lying, but it seems unlikely that she gave anything other than the standard Discovery Institute claptrap: " ... a presentation titled 'Critical Thinking on Evolution' -- which covered alternate views to evolution such as intelligent design."