Book for all you interested in creation and evolution

[Yog^sothoth]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553371304/102-8683659-3447323

I should be getting this book in a couple days. I know I know, what the heck am I thinking? Well, i'd like to see a few abstract opinions on creation. I'll follow this one up with a couple other religious views on creation.

Should be fun!!!

[QED]

I read the review. Why can't I get the term "pseudoscience" out of my head? errrghhh... Doesn't Peer review exist for a reason?

[Sauron]

02-27-2003 @ 07:04 AM
Yog^sothoth:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553371304/102-8683659-3447323

I should be getting this book in a couple days. I know I know, what the heck am I thinking? Well, i'd like to see a few abstract opinions on creation. I'll follow this one up with a couple other religious views on creation.

Should be fun!!!

Um, wow. NOt sure what to say.:eww:

[Yog^sothoth]

You say, HOLY COW! I want to go read that book!!!

:fight: :whip: :wink:

[Revolg]

My major problem with the book is that they think apes on the way in human evolution somehow "used halucanegenic mushrooms" to use Yog's words precisely. That is a major assertion to say that!

Well whatever suites your fancy Yog ;)

[QED]

One of my major problem with the book (from merely reading the review at Amazon, and browsing the reader reviews), is that it seems to assign far too much importance to a single accident of diet in explaining the success of early humans.

Another is that it is not peer reviewed.

Another is that it seems to uncritically advance certain sociological models that are discussed widely in popular literature (especially that which is authored by members of pagan or new age philosophies and religions), but are too simplistic and far-reaching to gain full academic acceptance. (I would object even if the sociological models were better, since I don't think it is wise to attempt to link models from the social sciences to models from the natural sciences at this stage in our development of the two fields. Even attempts to link natural psychology to natural evolution have been plagued by gaps in the understanding of both.)

I haven't read the book, but I would guess that the effects of psilocybin that may be selectively disadvantageous are never discussed. If my suspicion is correct then that's another of my major problems with it.

[Yog^sothoth]

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