tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post7423265280559685947..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: An Exposé of the Evolution Industry?Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-19068242039620836232009-10-21T01:26:45.675-04:002009-10-21T01:26:45.675-04:00I recently went to a talk by Lynn Margulis. Her ab...I recently went to a talk by Lynn Margulis. Her abundant examples of symbiosis in speciation and adaptation are a nice example of a well-based, empirically strong argument for fundamental things that were left out of the "modern synthesis"A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-28442968848435394232009-10-20T13:22:32.223-04:002009-10-20T13:22:32.223-04:00as a criticism to the more "heterodox" e...as a criticism to the more "heterodox" evolutionary biologists, too much has been talked about having a revolution, and while there are good theoretical reasons for demanding revolution, we shoul spend more time on new research programs than proclaiming revolution.A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-76633510142470601992009-10-20T12:38:19.931-04:002009-10-20T12:38:19.931-04:00I enjoyed this paper by Massimo Pigliucci:
Pigliu...I enjoyed this paper by Massimo Pigliucci:<br /><br />Pigliucci, M. 2007. Do we need an extended evolutionary synthesis? Evolution 61(12):2743-9.<br /><br />http://www.lehman.edu/deanhum/philosophy/platofootnote/files/07-evosynthesis.pdfSteveFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-67063412581755507842009-10-20T12:31:24.852-04:002009-10-20T12:31:24.852-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-91421457267249297352009-10-20T12:23:41.000-04:002009-10-20T12:23:41.000-04:00There is a lot of stupid-talk going on in evoluti...There is a lot of stupid-talk going on in evolutionary biology, specially from adaptationism and it's birthchild, evolutionary psychology. It's is no surprise that Coyne would turn his head away from thid problem, since he belongs squarely within the adpataionist camp denying any true importance to anything but natural selection (drift development, symbiosis , phenotypic plasticity,mutations with strong effects, you name it). <br />You can't take people like this seriously. They are just being ideological and turning their back onto the true diveristy of legitimate scientific opinion and biological phenomena. It's stupid, and even more sad when characters like these portray themselves as representatives of "rationalims". A sorry sight. <br />A pseudorationalist ideologue like this is far more corrosive than any "kook" (scientist with a highly heterodox proposal)A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-11216590216641087012009-10-19T16:50:16.304-04:002009-10-19T16:50:16.304-04:00I think that some of the Altenburg 16 have good id...I think that some of the Altenburg 16 have good ideas, while others are indeed kooks. <br /><br />I think that self-organization is likely a real force in evolution, as some participants propose. The hand-waving of people like Larry will not make this issue go away.<br /><br />Having conferences about real evolutionary issues is not a problem. <br /><br />But having breathless reporters who don't know what the hell they are talking about is a gigantic problem.Ford Prefectnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-23160851586324032822009-10-19T16:40:32.399-04:002009-10-19T16:40:32.399-04:00I see that the endorsement on the front cover of t...I see that the endorsement on the front cover of this book is by the famous and distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roger Morris.<br /><br />No wait...apparently he's not an evolutionary biologist. And in fact he's apparently not a scientist at all, but the biographer of Richard Nixon (and the Clintons too but curiously that doesn't get a mention). Who better to comment on the future of evolution, huh? I heard that she was oriignally going to ask her hairdresser for an endorsement but she was too busy writing the forewood for Dawkins latest book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-80611266623608336022009-10-19T14:59:59.725-04:002009-10-19T14:59:59.725-04:00Eamon beat me to it! I was about to say the same ...Eamon beat me to it! I was about to say the same thing - hyperbolic manufactoversy from O'Leary any moment now. She is so predictable (it's got to the point that I can tell her pieces just by reading the titles). <br /><br />Larry - you live in Toronto - why don't you run over to her place and give a placade with "The End of Darwinism is Nigh" that she can parade up and down the streets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-65246079617529104242009-10-19T10:13:16.260-04:002009-10-19T10:13:16.260-04:00Breathlessly enthusiastic review from O'Leary ...Breathlessly enthusiastic review from O'Leary coming in 3...2...1...Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.com