https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2022/07/0...selection/
INTRO (Jerry Coyne): Yet another letter has appeared in the Guardian about Stephen Buranyi’s misleading “long read” on the site, “Do we need a new theory of evolution?” (Buranyi says “yes”). I’ve mentioned the problems with Buranyi’s article before, and three of us even wrote a letter about the article’s flaws that the Guardian published.
Apparently, though, the fracas hasn’t died down, because another one just appeared, this time on sexual selection. The letter is by anthropologist Heather Remoff, who wrote a book on sexual selection mentioned at the bottom of her letter. Here’s the letter (click to go to the Guardian site), and my take on it is below... (MORE - details)
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INTRO (Jerry Coyne): Yet another letter has appeared in the Guardian about Stephen Buranyi’s misleading “long read” on the site, “Do we need a new theory of evolution?” (Buranyi says “yes”). I’ve mentioned the problems with Buranyi’s article before, and three of us even wrote a letter about the article’s flaws that the Guardian published.
Apparently, though, the fracas hasn’t died down, because another one just appeared, this time on sexual selection. The letter is by anthropologist Heather Remoff, who wrote a book on sexual selection mentioned at the bottom of her letter. Here’s the letter (click to go to the Guardian site), and my take on it is below... (MORE - details)
RELATED THREAD (scivillage): Do we need a new theory of evolution?
ALSO (scivillage): Overthrowing the patriarchy through ecstatic sex