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An exacting essay by Michael Ruse on the general ignorance of science among anti-Darwinists:
But rather than work over the details, I want to draw attention to the way this crop of critics ignores evolutionary biology—aside from the kind of cherry-picking in which Fodor engages. Nagel may sneer about the failure to find “accessible [...]
The first time I saw a hoatzin I was 8. It was in an issue of Kid’s Discover and I could never remember the name but I remembered the claws and those big eyes. Let David Attenborough tell you more:
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Don’t you love it when something you’ve been harping on is supported by hard evidence? Biologists are discovering that culture is affecting evolution at the genetic level:
The best evidence available to Dr. Boyd and Dr. Richerson for culture being a selective force was the lactose tolerance found in many northern Europeans. Most people [...]
Is that a lot of stuff gets dragged along for the ride whether we want it to or not. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the problems of modernity are often due to traits that were highly beneficial when we were nomadic mastodon hunters. Our environment changed without requiring our bodies [...]
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Pop Bioethics, written by Kyle Munkittrick, is an effort to study the ethics of the continuing evolution of the human species via the lens of pop culture and be somewhat entertaining in the process.
Kyle's writing can also be found at Discover's The Crux, Slate's Future Tense, and at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. For questions or comments: comments [at] popbioethics [dot] com
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