Modern Darwins — National Geographic Magazine
Celebrate Darwin's brilliance, curiosity, and insight, but let's move on to the fittest scientists of the new generation. That said, this article doesn't do anyone any favors by using religious language to talk about evolution:
" To understand the story of evolution—both its narrative and its mechanism—modern Darwins don't have to guess. They consult genetic scripture."
This goes back to the point made in the NYT op-ed about opening evolution up to a different type of critique by attaching it to one man and using terms and ways of thought that attach too easily to religion. Not that evolution shouldn't be open to critique or skepticism-- that's part of the scientific method-- but I'm coming around to the idea that "Darwinian" evolution might need to be ditched.
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