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Tributes to Richard Lewontin (1919 – 2021)
Round 2: Naturalist philosopher replies to neurosurgeon Michael Egnor
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More on W.E.Loennig’s 1971 MS Thesis
At this Evolution News post I discussed the following section from W.E.Loennig’s 1971 MS Thesis. (He would go on to complete a PhD in genetics at the University of Bonn and work for 25 years at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research as a geneticist.) Although every analogy breaks down when extended beyond the main points, I think his story about the Natives who discovered a helicopter is actually useful in thinking about Intelligent Design, because This tribe was sure there was nothing more to the universe than their tribe and land. There actually was more to the universe than they thought. They couldn’t conceive of beings smart enough to build flying machines. Therefore they preferred any far-fetched Read More ›