Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists

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Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists | Science | AAAS

Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists
By Herton EscobarJan. 26, 2020 , 5:00 PM

SÃO PAULO—The appointment of a creationism advocate to lead the agency that oversees Brazil’s graduate study programs has scientists here concerned—yet again—about the encroachment of religion on science and education policy.

President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration on Saturday named Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto to head the agency, known as CAPES. Aguiar Neto, an electrical engineer by training, previously served as the rector of Mackenzie Presbyterian University (MPU), a private religious school here. It advocates the teaching and study of intelligent design (ID), an outgrowth of biblical creationism that argues that life is too complex to have evolved by Darwinian evolution, and so required an intelligent designer.
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With Trump's strong backing of the Christian Right, this is where the U.S. is going.

 

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Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists | Science | AAAS

Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists
By Herton EscobarJan. 26, 2020 , 5:00 PM

SÃO PAULO—The appointment of a creationism advocate to lead the agency that oversees Brazil’s graduate study programs has scientists here concerned—yet again—about the encroachment of religion on science and education policy.

President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration on Saturday named Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto to head the agency, known as CAPES. Aguiar Neto, an electrical engineer by training, previously served as the rector of Mackenzie Presbyterian University (MPU), a private religious school here. It advocates the teaching and study of intelligent design (ID), an outgrowth of biblical creationism that argues that life is too complex to have evolved by Darwinian evolution, and so required an intelligent designer.
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With Trump's strong backing of the Christian Right, this is where the U.S. is going.

Good. It may be controversial to say this. Scientist need to
Stay in their lane and stop trying to influence social policy.

Far too many are liberal busybodies