Re: [xmca] Thoughts on this

[Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>]

The excerpt was from a report on a ongoing 5 day conference. It's the state
of art thinking--that's why I posted it.

But I liked your response--tee hee!

Cx

On 16 September 2012 03:52, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> Who is dismissing "recent research"? What I am dismissing is a blatant
> journalistic effort to discover the causes of the human condition in the
> Nature - the modern name given to God. Of course the article was littered
> with bits of science, but bits of science cobbled together to fit an
> ideological template.
>
> Andy
>
> John Cripps Clark wrote:
>
>> Andy
>>
>> Although Tattersall's speculation may not be a shining example, recent
>> research in human evolution is far too interesting and important to dismiss
>> as social darwinism. See for example:
>>
>> Yong, E. Our hybrid origins. New Scientist, 211(2823), 34-38.
>> http://www.abc.net.au/**radionational/programs/**
>> scienceshow/georgian-bones-**rewrite-story-of-human-**evolution/3056682<http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/georgian-bones-rewrite-story-of-human-evolution/3056682>
>> http://theconversation.edu.au/**new-fossils-confirm-diversity-**
>> was-the-rule-for-human-**evolution-8760<http://theconversation.edu.au/new-fossils-confirm-diversity-was-the-rule-for-human-evolution-8760>
>> http://theconversation.edu.au/**sex-with-our-evolutionary-**
>> ancestors-proceed-with-**caution-8923<http://theconversation.edu.au/sex-with-our-evolutionary-ancestors-proceed-with-caution-8923>
>>
>> Trying to apply this to our present condition is another matter.
>>
>> John Cripps Clark
>>
>>
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>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] on
>> behalf of Andy Blunden [ablunden@mira.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, 16 September 2012 11:36 AM
>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Thoughts on this
>>
>>
>> Social Darwinism rides again. Take an ideological belief about human
>> society, transfer it to Nature and then declare that since Nature is
>> like this then so must human society, so stop wingeing and  get in the
>> bread line.
>>
>> I prefer old Kropotkin:
>> http://www.marxists.org/**reference/archive/kropotkin-**
>> peter/1902/mutual-aid/index.**htm<http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1902/mutual-aid/index.htm>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> Carol Macdonald wrote:
>>
>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**science-environment-19598980<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19598980>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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