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>I want to start with the Darwinian idea of evolution. Those wanting actual information on evolution are better off reading actual scientists. Dawkins might be the ideal starting point, as he favors clarity in science and has also written for a general audience. From Dawkins' review[1] of Intellectual Impostures by Sokal and Bricmont: >>Suppose you are an intellectual impostor with nothing to say, but with strong ambitions to succeed in academic life, collect a coterie of reverent disciples and have students around the world anoint your pages with respectful yellow highlighter. What kind of literary style would you cultivate? Not a lucid one, surely, for clarity would expose your lack of content. The review gives Deleuze as an example. >They are all equal Nonsense! Being charitable, I'd like to thank you for exposing Butler and saving others from having to consider her drivel. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/28089 |