John Derbyshire – Uncommon Descent

Culture Darwinism Intelligent Design Racism

“Race realism” (Darwinian racism) pops up again: the John Derbyshire commemorative edition

An American conservative thinkmag published geneticist Razib Khan, glorifying Darwinism, and he turned out to have apparent racist links. Then someone with even more pronounced apparent racist links rose to defend him.

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john_a_designer { I think fascist sometimes gets used too loosely to mean... }
kairosfocus { JAD, that approach is there but would -- with some... }
kairosfocus { WS, you reflect much the same result I have as... }
bornagain77 { And although Darwinian explanations have useless to Biologists as they... }
bornagain77 { Coyne states, I’m optimistic enough to think that Darwin’s great... }
john_a_designer { I think the key characteristic which distinguishes fascism from Marxist-communism... }
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kairosfocus { PPS: Nazism and Communism, alike, are nihilistic, statist, lawless ideological... }
kairosfocus { PS: Let me briefly discuss the wider question, using the... }
kairosfocus { BA, I actually disagree on the Socialist and Workers' Party... }
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Truthfreedom { "Ninimal conventional bigotry". Lol Darwin's white supremacism: Athough best known... }
Truthfreedom { "Darwin’s great contribution to biology—indeed, to all humanity"—. Lol. Darwin's... }
Belfast { These arguments, predictably, founder into incoherence with the No True... }
Belfast { I looked at the consensus on climate change. You couldn’t... }
Eugene { What is this obsession with Nazis and Hitler? Yes, they... }
Mac McTavish { KF With utterly mad folly at the reins. I agree,... }