The Great Evolution Mystery' | Blogitem

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Shaun Johnston:
In modern times we've made two revolutionary discoveries. One is, how changes in physical matter can be accounted for in terms of physical laws that can predict precisely what will happen next. Having given rise to science (how this can be studied) and industry (how it can be applied) this revolution is well under way.

The second revolution is, how emergence of species of living creatures can be accounted for in terms of them evolving from one another. This revolution, despite its promise of how much it could tell us about ourselves, remains stillborn through the mistaken application to it of principles coming out of the first revolution--reductive physicalism.

For this second revolution to advance it should be taken from under the wing of science and studied on its own terms. Tip: one recent product of evolution is creatures with minds. Minds are better studied through methods of the humanities than through those of science. Tell me, does this interest you?

"The Great Evolution Mystery"

Details: Written by Shaun Johnston Shaun Johnston; Published: April 21, 2011 April 21, 2011; Hits: 4036 4036

Gordon Rattray Taylor was one of England's premier science writers, becoming Chief Science Advisor to BBC Television. In the two years prior to his death in 1981 he devoted himself to researching and writing a critique of the Modern Synthesis--natural selection and genetic mutation. The result is perhaps the most powerful challenge to that dogma. I've posted a new review here.

Taylor's book plus that of Gertrude Himmelfarb together mount a serious challenge to Darwin's legacy. Today, though, Taylor’s work is forgotten. Amazon lists no edition since the original in 1983, and ranks it 1,628,000 in sales. Shame on Darwinists for not making it supplementary reading for their brightest students.