Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 59 (9164 total)
4 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,923 Year: 4,180/9,624 Month: 1,051/974 Week: 10/368 Day: 10/11 Hour: 1/2


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Misuse of evolution
wj
Inactive Member


Message 76 of 141 (14185)
07-26-2002 3:52 AM
Reply to: Message 75 by Syamsu
07-25-2002 11:46 PM


Syamsu, you claim that "the current theory, mainly the one conceived by Dawkins, is known to be promoting racism by anti-racists. Dawkins continuously has to write sidenotes that his theory is not supposed to be understood as promoting racism."
Can you provide an example? If Dawkins has to explicitly remark that his explanation of Darwinian evolution is not promoting racism, who do you believe? Dawkins or "anti-racists"?
I notice that in many of your posts you seem to apply your own interpretation of meanings and implications, despite the fact that they are obviously contrary to what the authors originally intend or how they are interpreted by many other people. You seem to be implying values to scientific theories and explanations which are not there.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 75 by Syamsu, posted 07-25-2002 11:46 PM Syamsu has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 77 by Syamsu, posted 07-26-2002 7:19 AM wj has replied

  
wj
Inactive Member


Message 97 of 141 (14254)
07-27-2002 2:35 AM
Reply to: Message 77 by Syamsu
07-26-2002 7:19 AM


Syamsu
What are the examples of Dawkins' writings which are implicitly or explicitly "known to be promoting racism". You need to provide the evidence to support such a repugnant assertion. Your message #77 failed to provide any evidence to support your assertion.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 77 by Syamsu, posted 07-26-2002 7:19 AM Syamsu has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 98 by Syamsu, posted 07-27-2002 3:17 AM wj has replied

  
wj
Inactive Member


Message 102 of 141 (14277)
07-28-2002 2:26 AM
Reply to: Message 98 by Syamsu
07-27-2002 3:17 AM


quote:
Originally posted by Syamsu:
His theory about selfish genes and kinselection in context of sociobiology. This translates into natural selection has provided us with the inherent morality to care for people based on their biological similarity to us.
regards,
Mohammad Nor Syamsu

Syamsu
You fail to provide any reference to any writing of Dawkins which promotes racism. I think that the way you interpret the selfish gene analogy and kin slection is more revealing about your thinking than evidence against Dawkins. You are seeing things which are not there and which no one else sees.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 98 by Syamsu, posted 07-27-2002 3:17 AM Syamsu has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 105 by Syamsu, posted 07-28-2002 3:11 AM wj has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024