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This may be the appropriate thread to remind people that Darwin was far from the be-all and end-all of evolutionary biology and much of what he said turned out
by throwaway4787 7y ago
This may be the appropriate thread to remind people that Darwin was far from the be-all and end-all of evolutionary biology and much of what he said turned out to be actually mistaken. This isn't so much of an attack on him as a celebration that we've come a long way since the 19th century. Also, you should be suspicious of any argument involving non-geneticists invoking Darwin to justify such and such social outcome - actual modern-day geneticists don't invoke Darwin for much of the same reason actual modern-day physicists don't invoke Democritus.
- msla 7y agoI think Darwin was closer to Newton than Democritus in terms of knowing what the Hell he was talking about. But, yes, your point stands: Evolutionary biology has moved on, and people who try to poke holes in a 19th Century version in order to discredit the whole field are misinformed and, likely, doing it with a partisan, rather than an academic, intent.
- shmageggy 7y agoCare to provide any references?