Our school systems teach our children that they are nothing but glorified apes who have evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud, by teaching evolution as fact.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims evolution education devalues children by calling them apes.
- In plain terms
- Teaching evolution makes kids feel like animals.
- What can you take from it?
- Scientific framing can conflict with self-perception.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should science be taught?
- Does evolution change identity?
Another view
It misrepresents how evolution is typically taught.
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