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Professor of Geology Stephen Jay Gould argued, before a crowd of 200 at Hillel last night, that the classical Darwinian theory of evolution must be revised to explain phenomena other than competition among individuals...
...sense, America long ago made a shrewd instinctive bargain with the world. It offered a prize -- its wealth, its freedom and promise -- and then, Darwinian, dared those strong enough and bold enough to make the leap. It was, and is, a hard journey. And, of course, the newcomers were too literal- minded about the prize. The sidewalks were not paved with gold...
Some offer a Darwinian explanation for the backlash. Katy Sears-Williams, 42, a stockbroker and city council member in Santa Cruz, says, rather clinically, "It's an understandable and common reaction for any animal society to rid itself of those who aren't productive." Part of the reaction seems to stem from a common perception that the homeless of today are basically the crazies of the 1960s refurbished with a new name. "We called them the hippies, and the beatniks before that, and hoboes before that," says Sergeant Bill Aluffi of the Santa Cruz police. "Most of them, I think...
...equality. Under Franklin Roosevelt, and for several generations afterward, the official American inclination has been toward equality. In Reagan's America, the value of freedom has reasserted itself, sometimes at the expense of the gentler instincts. The Olympics expressed the preference perfectly: the freedom to win --athletics as Darwinian theater...
...four species of parasite that cause human malaria, showed signs of becoming resistant to chloroquine. Soon there were resistant strains on three continents. About the same time, health officials around the Mediterranean began to find mosquitoes that were immune to DDT. It was a classic illustration of Darwinian evolution: a handful of mosquitoes that were DDT-resistant and a tiny number of parasites that were drug-resistant had survived, multiplied and defeated the best efforts of modern science. Malaria returned with a vengeance. In just four years, the incidence in Sri Lanka rose from 18 cases to more than...