Ross: You mentioned the birth of child is
natural selection. In your view did
natural selection really end?
A Darwinian state would be a Fascist state." (11) Barash came to a similar conclusion that it is inappropriate to think we can derive ethical lessons from evolution: "The harsh reality is that evolution by
natural selection is a marvelous thing to learn about, but a terrible one to learn from." (12) Philosopher Daniel Dennett is even more graphic and terse when he called social Darwinism "an odious misapplication of Darwinian thinking in defense of political doctrines that range from callous to heinous." (13)
What are the contexts for reasoning about
natural selection that we would like students to recognize?
Meanwhile at 42West, a high-powered entertainment public relations firm, a letter to the news media that identified
Natural Selection as handling the Preservation Hall documentary at South by Southwest is now being described - in conversations conditioned on anonymity to minimise conflict- as having been in error.
The scientific community has never monolithically regarded
natural selection as the sole mechanism of evolution.
As part of Newcastle ScienceFest 09, Keith Thomas will present
Natural Selection Beer - Talk and Taste on March 11, 6.30pm (free but advance booking necessary) where he will trace the story of Britain's native drink - and those attending will be able to sample the new beer.
Evolution based on spontaneous mutation, and
natural selection of the fittest variants, is an incredibly simple process.
In chapter 4 Kitcher responds to Behe's claims that certain molecular machines could not have been built up in stages by
natural selection. He says that at the heart of the ID movement are two types of argument, both designed to question the thought that
natural selection scales up, from microevolution on a short time scale, to macroevolution on a large time scale.
This biography concentrates on the crucial two decades in Darwin's life between his famous voyage and the 1859 publication of the first edition of On the Origin of Species by Means of
Natural Selection. As such, it concentrates on the research he did during this time, a subject too often neglected.
The modern industrial nationalism in Europe that occurred during the latter part of the 19th century coincided with the emergence of Social Darwinism which is the synthesis of the old ideas by Joseph de Gobineau (Essay on inequality) and Charles Darwin (Evolution by
natural selection).
The appendices clarify insights into a variety of topics, from the possible use of the Celtic Cross as a navigational tool to a thorough chastisement of the Darwinian theory of macroevolution (while acknowledging that microevolution, as seen through small species changes due to simple
natural selection, does exist).
It is impossible to understand Hitler's monstrous views apart from his belief in
natural selection applied to races.