Bertvan@aol.com writes
in message <e8.be92f30.2731b86f@aol.com>:
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> Below is a quotation from Margulis , (The Times Higher Education
> Supplement , October 27, 2000.) While she attempts to suggest
> the concept might have been sanctioned by Darwin, I suspect
> she is merely trying to remain a member of the "establishment".
> She has in the past made disparaging remarks about "Darwinism".
No, she hasn't. She's made disparaging remarks about NEO Darwinism.
Very important difference. Many religiously motivated creationists
use quotes by scientists criticizing neo-Darwinism to imply that
Darwinistic evolution is being questioned. It is not.
"Although I greatly admire Darwin's contributions and agree with
most of his theoretical analysis and I am a Darwinist, I am not
a neo-Darwinist."
http://www.edge.org/documents/ThirdCulture/n-Ch.7.html
("Gaia Is A Tough Bitch", Lynn Margulis, 1995?)
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