I heard there are hundreds of scientists against evolution. Is this true?

Most of the scientists who sign these kinds of lists do not work in the earth or life sciences. Most are engineers, mathematicians, philosophers and so forth. Their knowledge about evolution is probably little better than the man on the street. It’s not as important as to who is saying something, but why they are saying it. Most of the people who sign these lists do so for religious, not scientific reasons. Being skeptical of evolution is fine, as long the person has evidence to back up their claims.

The National Science Foundation has Project Steve, which is a list of scientists all with the name Steve or with variants of that name, all who support evolution. As of December 28, 2005 there were 688 signatures. And since people with the name Steve only account for about 1% of the US population, that amounts to approximately 68,800 scientists. Please see National Center for Science Education, Project Steve.

Having lists with people with high level degrees does not make a scientific theory correct or incorrect. What makes a theory right is the facts and evidences behind it.

Creationists who circulate these lists are just doing another form of argument from authority.

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