First Fridays Science Discussion | Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles

Evolution happened, and the theory describing it is one of the most well-founded in all of science. Then why do half of all Americans reject it? In his book Why Darwin Matters, and in this same-titled talk, historian of science and bestselling author Dr. Michael Shermer - a former evangelical Christian - examines what evolution really is, how we know it happened, and how to test it. Shermer looks at science through a brief history of the evolution-creation trials and debates from the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 to the intelligent design controversies of the 1990s and 2000s, and demonstrates how and why creationism and intelligent design are not part of science