Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:24:23 -0500
Subject: Re: TREE - reply to Terry's of 4-19, part 2 -Reply -Reply


Terence,

I will jump in with both feet as soon as I get a chance, but I have to say
at the moment that your characterization of Dawkins's views is in direct
contradiction to what he says in The Blind Watchmaker, where he explicitly
states that extreme adaptationist views, which would include the idea that
pigs could develop wings, are absurd. He also claims that no sensible
evolutionary scientist would hold such views, which of course means that
there are many scientists in those fields who he doesn't consider sensible.
Perhaps if you gave us a quote from him?

Rahul




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