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100 years ago, John Scopes, a science teacher, was prosecuted for teaching evolution (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5430760/evolution-scopes-creationism-monkey-trial

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/scopes-monkey-trial-100-years-later

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He also did the first 360 noscope in Call of Duty.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He was also said to be so frustrated with attempts to debunk his real science that he started snopes.com to combat misinformation. Unfortunately, scopes.com was already taken.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I do feel like he kind of lost the thread, at some point.