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.
-- 
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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