Sarah Chaffee

On this episode of ID the Future, Sarah Chaffee discusses the University of Chicago’s recent action to uphold academic freedom, including a letter to incoming freshman and a piece by Pres. Robert Zimmer in the Wall Street Journal. As Zimmer notes, “Every attempt to legitimize silencing creates justification for others to restrain speech that they do not like in the future.”

On this episode of ID the Future, Sarah Chaffee discusses a recent article by Adam Laats and Harvey Siegel in Education Week. While Laats and Siegel make important points that schools should teach about evolution, and students should be asked to understand, not accept the theory, they leave out much of what origins science education is really about.

On this episode of ID the Future, Sarah Chaffee discusses New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s recent articles about intellectual diversity. Kristof makes a compelling case for hiring faculty with varying political and religious viewpoints (including evangelical Christians), but stops short when it comes to those skeptical of evolution.

In this episode of ID the Future, hear about electricity and bioluminescence, as highlighted in Dr. Geoffrey Simmons’ book, Billions of Missing Links. Listen in to learn about how a knee jerk reaction, eels, and the knife fish all use electrical impulses.