Same subject Platt. Since quality is in individual men (and I'm not arguing), how do social groups benefit from individual intellectual patterns ? It's a "how" question.
Unless you deny that groups / collectives exist / matter at all ? In which case you have no interest in "governance". EOWilson has written a lot of good stuff, but like everyone else, he's not perfect. Ian On 7/15/08, Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All: > > An article about E.O Wilson, the guru of ants and advocate of sociobiology, > is in today's NY Times at: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15wils.html > > One paragraph caught my MOQ eye: > > "Dr Wilson´s treatise, on the shaping of social behavior, seems likely to > tread firmly into this vexed arena. Morality and religion, he suspects, > are traits based on group selection. `Groups with men of quality - brave, > strong, innovative, smart and altruistic -- would tend to prevail, as > Darwin said, over groups that do not have those qualities so well > developed, ` Dr. Wilson said." > > I doubt, of course, if it ever occurred to Wilson that it's Quality, not > groups, that basically drives evolution although it´s right there in his > quote, staring him in the face. > > Amazing how even celebrated intellectuals can be blinded by their self- > imposed "immune systems." > > Regards, > Platt > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
