Jay,
It is no more scientifically true than that the sun and planets revolve
around the earth.
What is really funny is that Darwin purloined his principle of selection
through competition from classical economics, from Malthus in fact. So you
take the dog eat dog mythology of early capitalism and apply it to biology
and then "prove" that hierarchical social systems are evolutionarily
determined because evolutionary biology proves it to be so. Tosh. It is a
tautology from beginning to end. (As is the Darwinian "Theory" of
Evolution, but that is another story).
for those who would like the fine print of the argument see Richard
Lewontin (a biologist who can actually think rather than merely
regurgitate) Biology as Ideology. It was one of the Massey Lectures and
can be sourced at the the CBC's website under the program Ideas.
Mike H
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>From: Eva Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>> Why do they believe this? First, explicit evolutionary thinking can
>>> sometimes eliminate certain kinds of errors in thinking about behavior
>>> (Symons, 1987).
>>
>>Evolutionary theory is only intended to explain how living organisms
>evolve.
>>Applying it to any other field of inquiry puts you on VERY shaky ground.
>
>It's presently being used to predict primate (human) behavior.
>Although it's politically incorrect, it's scientifically true.
>
>Jay
