I agree with Keith, and so does this Harvard prof. My point about Dawkins was specifically about his position concerning the human brain and a uniquely human ability to 'transcend' evolution. Robert Ornstein coined the expression "conscious evolution", with regard to humans molding behavior based on intellectual decisions that favour long term survival.
Given our 'choice' to date (given the historical facts) to prefer the 4 horsemen rather than rational population reduction and pollution reduction, these theories are certainly just that - theories. Steve (there are more extensive reviews on the Sci Amer link to Amazon below) ============================ BOOKSTORE ============================== WHAT EVOLUTION IS by Ernst Mayr "What I have aimed for," Mayr writes, "is an elementary volume that stresses principles and does not get lost in detail." What the reader gets from this giant in the field of evolutionary biology is a fine basic account of the developing understanding of evolution from ancient times to the present. Mayr presents a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology as well as confronting the reductionist approach that tries to focus all evolutionary phenomena on the gene; he shows instead that evolution must consider two crucial units--the individual and populations. http://sciam.rsc03.net/servlet/cc?lJpDUWErNkmSlFMkLLgLmDJHksLmhgDJHE0EXVZ -- http://magma.ca/~gpco/ http://www.scientists4pr.org/ Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.--Kenneth Boulding
