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11 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mr. Rifkin blusters but shoots wide of the mark
Genetic engineering seems likely to change the relationship between man and biological nature. To Mr. Rifkin's credit, he wrote _Algeny_ on this subject some 15 years ago. Unfortunately, he shows little familiarity with the topics he discusses -- the book is deeply marred by Rifkin's apparent fundamental misunderstandings of evolutionary science and Darwinism...
Published on June 21, 1998
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1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Concise anti-genetic engineering argument
In arguing against social darwinism and gentic human tampering, he does a great job of decontructing darwinism itself. Some simple, but classic arguments against darwinian evolution (he examines the Miller experiment involving creation of amino acids in "primordial soup"), and some very good arguments against generic engineering.
Published on July 25, 2001 by D. G Sinclair
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11 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mr. Rifkin blusters but shoots wide of the mark,
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This review is from: Algeny: A New Word--A New World (Mass Market Paperback)
Genetic engineering seems likely to change the relationship between man and biological nature.To Mr. Rifkin's credit, he wrote _Algeny_ on this subject some 15 years ago. Unfortunately, he shows little familiarity with the topics he discusses -- the book is deeply marred by Rifkin's apparent fundamental misunderstandings of evolutionary science and Darwinism. Rifkin also wastes much space on invidious comparisons between himself and "other futurists". Mistaken in its premises, bombastically written, filled with bad logic that fails to support its sweeping conclusions: avoid this book.
1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Concise anti-genetic engineering argument,
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This review is from: Algeny, A New Word--A New World (Hardcover)
In arguing against social darwinism and gentic human tampering, he does a great job of decontructing darwinism itself. Some simple, but classic arguments against darwinian evolution (he examines the Miller experiment involving creation of amino acids in "primordial soup"), and some very good arguments against generic engineering.
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Algeny, A New Word--A New World by Jeremy Rifkin (Hardcover - May 9, 1983)
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