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Long Effort. In Darwinian terms, animals compete for the unwitting purpose of getting as many of their genes as possible into the next generation. "In primates and all mammals," says Chagnon, "internal social organization results from the breeding system, and there's no reason to believe it's not true of humans. It's possible that war and marriage make sense in zoological terms, and Darwinian theory is applicable to human behavior...
...Sociobiology" attempts to explain the social behavior of a variety of animal forms. The last two chapters which account for human behavior through the Darwinian theory of biological determinism, have been attacked as "racist and dangerous...
...Lecture: "The Continuing Darwinian Revolution." One of a series of educational encounters that the freshman dean's office provides for you. Beware: there are always a large number of freshmen in the class who use these lectures strictly to out-psyche you. Particularly avoid those who claim they have heard of the lecturer, or understand the subject matter. If you are still in the old high school habit of attending every class, this could be a good time to break...
...Coach Shero, "The Broad Street Bullies" are an extension of his own Darwinian ideas. Explains the former Ranger defenseman: "In professional sport, the strong survive and the weak fall by the wayside." To keep his players tough, Shero does not smother them with compliments when they play well. "That's just the way I am," he says. "I told my wife 'I love you' once, and that was the day we were married...
...popularization revives what was a major issue in Wells's life and works. That is the great debate of nature vs. nurture, genetics vs. environment, Shockley vs. the sane world. For, throughout Wells's works, there is a recurring pattern of ideas which centers around the stark determinism of Darwinian evolution, the possible effects it may have if inferior men continue to breed, and the need for an enlightened (ie. genetically superior) elite to rule the world. This pattern looms large in H.G. Wells, an enlightening--if limited--new biography by Norman and Jeanne MacKenzie...