Tag: natural selection
Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts
Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination.
Why Darwin Exaggerated His Health Problems
All the evidence points to Darwin as a generally healthy man with a strong, active libido, normal sexual function, and prodigious fertility.
Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues
“Natural selection” is like a Swiss Army knife that researchers in widely different disciplines use to solve their problems.
What Darwinism Fails to Explain About Business Enterprise
Why would anyone think Darwinian theory could explain business ups and downs? Eric Holloway explains.
Axe: Why “No Free Lunch” for Darwin?
That there is a design to life is intuitive, but most of us, if challenged on it, would want to be able to defend our intuition persuasively.