a society based upon Darwinian principles is exactly the sort of society that i do NOT wish to live in. it would be a terrible society. it would be a sort of George Bush kind of society, if i can put it like that, or a Margaret Thatcher kind of society. i do NOT wish to live in a Darwinian world. i do, however, respect facts. and i DO recognize that the facts of science show that the world of nature is a Darwinian world. its a very unpleasant world, its a throroughly unpleasant world, not the kind of world we wish to live in. so let us UNDERSTAND it, so that we can CONSTRUCT the kind of society in which we wish to live, which will be a NON-Darwinian society, will be the sort of society which DEPARTS from Darwinian principles. a society that was based on Darwinian principles would be a ruthless, free-market economy, in which the rich trample the poor, it would be a sort of opposite of a liberal socialist society in fact. in a way im rather surprised, if were talking politics, that the right wing in America is so hostile to Darwin. if were going to be naive about applying science to politics, YOU ought to be in favor of Darwin. im against Darwin where politics are concerned, but you cannot argue with scientific facts. (Richard Dawkins to Wendy Wright) The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (Official)
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:00:34 +0000
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