Frederik D Schreef:
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> Albert houdt alleen van eenrichtingsverkeer. Hij
> poneert alleen zijn dogma's en geeft nooit een
> reactie op reacties.
>
> Alle moderne vertalingen geven mij gelijk wat
> betreft dat “kloot”. Dat “kloot” is incorrect.
Bs'd
Je bedoelt dat Babylon een ouderwetse vertaling is?
> Bijna elke bioloog onderschrijft de
> evolutietheorie. Alleen biologen die meer gelovig
> dan wetenschappelijk zijn, hebben moeite met de
> wetenschappelijke waarheid.
Bs'd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Coyne
Jerry Allen Coyne (born 1949) is an American professor of biology, known for his commentary on the intelligent design debate.
“Of Vice and Men, A Case Study of Evolutionary Psychology” By Jerry Allan Coyne
“In science's pecking order, evolutionary biology lurks somewhere near the bottom, far closer to phrenology (schedelmeting) than to physics. For evolutionary biology is a historical science, laden with history's inevitable imponderables. We evolutionary biologists cannot generate a Cretaceous Park to observe exactly what killed the dinosaurs; and, unlike ”harder" scientists, we usually cannot resolve issues with a simple experiment, such as adding tube A to tube B and noting the color of the mixture.
The latest dead weight dragging us closer to phrenology is “evolutionary psychology,” or the science formerly known as sociobiology, which studies the evolutionary roots of human behavior. There is nothing inherently wrong with this enterprise, and it has proposed some intriguing theories, particularly about the evolution of language. The problem is that evolutionary psychology suffers from the scientific equivalent of megalomania. Most of its adherents are convinced that virtually every human action or feeling, including depression, homosexuality, religion, and consciousness, was put directly into our brains by natural selection. In this view, evolution becomes the key–the only key–that can unlock our humanity.
Unfortunately, evolutionary psychologists routinely confuse theory and speculation. Unlike bones, behavior does not fossilize, and understanding its evolution often involves concocting stories that sound plausible but are hard to test. Depression, for example, is seen as a trait favored by natural selection to enable us to solve our problems by withdrawing, reflecting, and hence enhancing our future reproduction. Plausible? Maybe. Scientifically testable? Absolutely not. If evolutionary biology is a soft science, then evolutionary psychology is its flabby underbelly."