# The National Center for Science Education **Domain:** Institution / Science Education / Public Knowledge **Doc Type:** Canonical Institution Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **National Center for Science Education (NCSE)** is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 that supports accurate teaching of evolution and climate science and assists communities facing ideological attacks on science education. ## Nexus Context NCSE is based in the Bay Area and has participated in major disputes over evolution education, including Kitzmiller v. Dover. It also created Project Steve, a satirical roster demonstrating the scale of scientific support for evolution using only scientists named Steve or variants. [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] treats NCSE as institutional maintenance for evolutionary public knowledge. Machine intelligence depends on that public substrate: systems trained on a culture inherit both its scientific corrections and its manufactured controversies. ## Governance Context Truth maintenance requires institutions able to preserve standards, evidence and curriculum against politically asymmetric pressure. Openness does not mean presenting unsupported claims as scientific peers. ## Sources / Provenance - NCSE, “About”: https://ncse.ngo/about - NCSE, Project Steve: https://ncse.ngo/project-steve - NCSE, Kitzmiller trial archive: https://ncse.ngo/kitzmiller-trial-transcripts ## See Also [[wiki/Kevin Padian|Kevin Padian]], [[wiki/Kitzmiller v. Dover|Kitzmiller v. Dover]], [[wiki/Project Steve|Project Steve]], [[wiki/Public Mythology|Public Mythology]]