Herman B. Bouma

Herman B. Bouma holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. He worked in international tax and federal income tax law for 37 years. In 1998 he formed the National Association for Objectivity in Science. Its primary purpose is to promote the balanced teaching of evolution in secondary schools and universities.

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Healthy Debate? No Thanks, Says National Association of Biology Teachers

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 14, 2024}

One way mainstream science seeks to stifle opposition is by simply refusing to discuss or debate opposing views.

Did the National Science Teaching Association Just Muzzle … Darwin?

_{Herman B. Bouma
April 5, 2023}

What happens when someone tries to present to the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Charles Darwin’s top arguments against his own theory? Herman Bouma, founder of the National Association for Objectivity in Science, knows from personal experience. As he relates to host Casey Luskin on this ID the Future, he recently had a poster presentation on the topic accepted for an NSTA conference, but then a defender of Darwinian orthodoxy rushed in and spiked it. Bouma describes the censored presentation and the Kafkaesque back and forth he says he had with the organizer, who ultimately shut him down. Bouma warns of what has been described as the “Censorship Industrial Complex,” but he also says he hasn’t given up trying to open up hearts and minds at the NSTA. The incident …

Darwin’s Top 10 Arguments Against His Own Theory

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 29, 2023}

In its youth the flat-fish is symmetrical with one eye on each side. However, as the body matures, one eye “begins to glide slowly round the head.”

I Got Canceled by the National Science Teaching Association

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 23, 2023}

My topic was “The Top 10 Scientific Arguments Against Darwin’s Theory — According to Darwin Himself.”

AAAS Leader Does Not Rule Out Design, Says Science Must Follow the Evidence

_{Herman B. Bouma
May 5, 2021}

In recent years the American scientific establishment has sought to shut off debate about neo-Darwinian theory by playing its trump card.

Herman Bouma: “It Was Like the Darwinian Gestapo”

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July 29, 2019}

On this episode of ID the Future, attorney Herman Bouma tells the story of how his talk at a National Association of Science Teachers conference last April was canceled at the last minute. His talk highlighted how Darwin’s Origin of Species (sixth edition) set an example of engaging his scientific critics with civility and reason. Bouma says in response to the incident, “It’s almost as if they considered Darwin a threat to Darwinian evolution.” Three conference officials shut him down, accusing him of promoting fake science. As Bouma notes, Darwin wrote that “I look with confidence to the future, to young and rising naturalists, who will be able to view both sides of the question with impartiality.” Alas, Darwin’s example — and his hope — weren’t much in evidence …