Guy Hoelzer  wrote:

> in article c6senk$ti$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org, John Wilkins at
> john_SPAM{at}wilkins.id.au wrote on 4/29/04 7:47 PM:
> 
> > Tim Tyler  wrote:
> > 
> >> Malcolm  wrote or quoted:
> >> 
> >> Regarding:
> >> 
> >> ``It is not true to say that "evolution by natural
selection is not simply
> >>   about survival of the fittest individuals but also about
the survival of
> >>   the fittest groups of individuals".''
> >> 
> >>> You've got to remember that Dawkins is addressing an audience of
> >>> non-biologists here. It's a common misconception that, for example,
> >>> predators exist to cull weak members of the herd
"for the good of the
> >>> species", or that animals never kill members of the
same species and all
> >>> live in harmony.
> >> 
> >> Dumbing things down to the point where they are incorrect is a rather
> >> unsuitable job for the professor of the public understanding
of science.
> > 
> > That's right. That's why we have secondary school biology teachers.
> 
> Let's not be so self-assured as to leave out university professors,
> especially those teaching introductory biology classes.
> 
Or, starting next semester, lecturers in undergraduate philosophy of
biology...

-- 
John Wilkins
john_SPAM{at}wilkins.id.au   http://www.wilkins.id.au
"Men mark it when they hit, but do not mark it when they miss" 
                                               - Francis Bacon
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