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To: Heartlander
and he is a professor ‘currently working on the evolutionary roots and ramifications of political belief’.

So what? That's one of his hobby-horses. But he's not a scientist, and to claim that his musings on the matter are in any way representative of "Neo-Darwinist" scientists is dishonest.

Some don’t believe Dawkins to be a ‘scientist’

So what? Because Wilson thinks Dawkins is more of a science writer than a scientist, that means the thoughts of a novelist are representative of scientists? How does that follow?

along with ‘after-the-fact’ stories.

Any attempt to figure out why things are the way they are is an "after-the-fact" story. The theory of solar system formation is an after-the-fact story. The notion that the continents used to be all jammed together and have since drifted apart is an after-the-fact story. Heck, Genesis is an after-the-fact story. It's not really much of a criticism.

154 posted on 04/17/2014 1:43:56 PM PDT by Ha Ha Thats Very Logical
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To: Ha Ha Thats Very Logical
Two ‘so whats’ and a few ‘nanny-nanny-boo-boos’… Hmm…
158 posted on 04/17/2014 1:53:54 PM PDT by Heartlander (We are all Rodeo Clowns now!)
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