Anyone familiar with evolutionary biology will probably have heard of Robert Trivers, the brilliant scientist who made major contributions to evolutionary theory back in the 70s. Unbeknownst to me, he had been on hiatus for a good while. Now it appears he’s back. The Boston Globe has an article about Trivers, his work, his eccentric life, and his impending return to the spotlight:
The evolutionary revolutionary.
It’s a good read.
The author is suffering under the illusion that humans are not animals.
A small point, perhaps, but it’s one of my pet peeves.
Will Trivers’ ideas on self-deception stand up, or is he deceiving himself?
Maybe it was just me, but I couldn’t get the link to the article to work in anything like real time…
Maybe it was just me, but I couldn’t get the link to the article to work in anything like real time..
Does this mean he actually came up with some evidence? That would be so awesome.…
It works fine for me.
Trollish statements like this would be less entertaining if they didn’t indicate that you hadn’t read the article.
The link worked fine today–leading to fascinating stuff. And sorry for the double post, I’m still getting used to the interface on this great site!
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