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Two recent articles in the UK Press

March 22, 2010 Posted by Steno under Intelligent Design
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I have been informed about a couple of articles in the UK press recently.

Guardian 19th March 2010 – Why everything you’ve been told about evolution is wrong: What if Darwin’s theory of natural selection is inaccurate?

And from last year in Timesonline – The Selfish Genius: How Richard Dawkins Rewrote Darwin’s Legacy by Fern Elsdon-Baker

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3 Responses to Two recent articles in the UK Press

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    Franck BarfetyMarch 22, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    From the Guardian article:

    Says Dennett, via email: “Jerry Fodor’s book is a stunning demonstration of how abhorrence of an idea (Jerry’s visceral dislike of evolutionary thinking) can derange an otherwise clever thinker . . . a responsible academic is supposed to be able to control irrational impulses, [but] Fodor has simply collapsed in the face of his dread and composed some dreadfully bad arguments.” What Darwin Got Wrong, Dennett concludes, is “a book that so transparently misconstrues its target that it would be laughable were it not such dangerous mischief”.

    Interesting how a “clever thinker” and “responsible academic” is suddenly labelled “irrational”, “dreadful”, “laughable” and “dangerous” once he becomes a dissident.

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    NakashimaMarch 22, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    Mr Barfety,

    You are conflating what Dennett about Fodor (clever) with what Dennett said about his thinking (irrational) and his book (laughable and dangerous). This kind of carelessness in argument is unhelpful.

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    nullasalusMarch 22, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Dennett’s quoted commentary on Fodor reduces to psychoanalysis and ad hominem. Which, I would agree, is unhelpful. Not terribly surprising though.

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