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Like a clever agnostic in Sunday school, Stove (Scientific Irrationalism) relentlessly frustrates Darwinism in this posthumous collection of 11 linked essays. To the chagrin of creationists, however, he also takes pains to note he is of no religion and believes it's "overwhelmingly probable that humans evolved from some other animal." His more modest objective is to show that Darwinism, while largely valid, fails to explain known humanity. Unfortunately, this effort is confused: if Darwin's theory of evolution were true, "there would be in every species a constant and ruthless competition to survive," when "it is perfectly obvious that human life is not like that." To illustrate, Stove cites altruism, alcohol, anal intercourse, abortion and other behaviors that shorten lives or lessen the number of children people have. He goes so far as to condemn Darwinism as a "ridiculous slander on human beings," whom he views as mammals, but not animals in the evolutionary sense. The great unexamined problem in all of this is how did humans jump off the evolutionary track? This is not to say that Stove, who made a name for himself as a conservative philosopher (most recently at the University of South Wales), is necessarily wrong. Rather, he exists in a skeptical abyss, borrowing from two distinct and potentially correct perspectives. This makes his work provocative, but flawed.
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"Whatever your opinion of ‘Intelligent Design,’ you’ll find Stove’s criticism of what he calls ‘Darwinism’ difficult to stop reading. Stove’s blistering attack on Richard Dawkins’ ‘selfish genes’ and ‘memes’ is unparalleled and unrelenting. A discussion of spiders who mimic bird droppings is alone worth the price of the book. Darwinian Fairytales should be read and pondered by anyone interested in sociobiology, the origin of altruism, and the awesome process of evolution." --Martin Gardner, author of Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience
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Like a clever agnostic in Sunday school, Stove (Scientific Irrationalism) relentlessly frustrates Darwinism in this posthumous collection of 11 linked essays. To the chagrin of creationists, however, he also takes pains to note he is of no religion and believes it's "overwhelmingly probable that humans evolved from some other animal." His more modest objective is to show that Darwinism, while largely valid, fails to explain known humanity. Unfortunately, this effort is confused: if Darwin's theory of evolution were true, "there would be in every species a constant and ruthless competition to survive," when "it is perfectly obvious that human life is not like that." To illustrate, Stove cites altruism, alcohol, anal intercourse, abortion and other behaviors that shorten lives or lessen the number of children people have. He goes so far as to condemn Darwinism as a "ridiculous slander on human beings," whom he views as mammals, but not animals in the evolutionary sense. The great unexamined problem in all of this is how did humans jump off the evolutionary track? This is not to say that Stove, who made a name for himself as a conservative philosopher (most recently at the University of South Wales), is necessarily wrong. Rather, he exists in a skeptical abyss, borrowing from two distinct and potentially correct perspectives. This makes his work provocative, but flawed.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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"Whatever your opinion of ‘Intelligent Design,’ you’ll find Stove’s criticism of what he calls ‘Darwinism’ difficult to stop reading. Stove’s blistering attack on Richard Dawkins’ ‘selfish genes’ and ‘memes’ is unparalleled and unrelenting. A discussion of spiders who mimic bird droppings is alone worth the price of the book. Darwinian Fairytales should be read and pondered by anyone interested in sociobiology, the origin of altruism, and the awesome process of evolution." --Martin Gardner, author of Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience
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soft man, shared genes theory, puppetry theory, inclusive fitness theorists, genes with offspring, selfish theorists, filial altruism, sibling altruism, veneer idea, maternity sister, parents share half, kin altruism, selfish theory, parental altruism, kin clouds, continual free fight, inclusive fitness theory, submission signals, moral reprehension, biological error, organic populations, least degree injurious, new religionists, slow breeders, baby snatchers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Selfish Gene, The Origin of Species, Cave Man, Richard Dawkins, Purpose Regained, Hard Men, Hard Man, Paley's Revenge, Genetic Calvinism, Charles Darwin, Francis Galton, Mary Midgley, Selfish Girl, Erasmus Darwin, Great Britain, Samuel Butler, Life Force, Malthus's Essay, The Descent of Man, The Extended Phenotype, William Godwin, Errors of Heredity, Natural Theology, New York, David Hume Browse Sample Pages:
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soft man, shared genes theory, puppetry theory, inclusive fitness theorists, genes with offspring, selfish theorists, filial altruism, sibling altruism, veneer idea, maternity sister, parents share half, kin altruism, selfish theory, parental altruism, kin clouds, continual free fight, inclusive fitness theory, submission signals, moral reprehension, biological error, organic populations, least degree injurious, new religionists, slow breeders, baby snatchers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Selfish Gene, The Origin of Species, Cave Man, Richard Dawkins, Purpose Regained, Hard Men, Hard Man, Paley's Revenge, Genetic Calvinism, Charles Darwin, Francis Galton, Mary Midgley, Selfish Girl, Erasmus Darwin, Great Britain, Samuel Butler, Life Force, Malthus's Essay, The Descent of Man, The Extended Phenotype, William Godwin, Errors of Heredity, Natural Theology, New York, David Hume Browse Sample Pages:
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