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I am an evolutionist who studies all aspects of humanity in addition to the biological world, as I relate in my book Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives.
In addition to my academic research, I manage a number of programs and
websites for expanding evolution beyond the biological sciences in
higher education(EvoS),
public policy formulation (The Evolution Institute),
community based research (Binghamton Neighborhood Project)
and the study of religion (Evolutionary Religious Studies).
Category: Evolution Institute
Evolution, the theory that has already proven itself for understanding the rest of life, is equally relevant for understanding the human condition. With understanding comes the capacity for improvement. Thus, evolutionary theory can be used to improve the quality of...
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Category: Evolution Institute
EVOLUTION:THIS VIEW OF LIFE is a new online general interest magazine in which all of the content is from an evolutionary perspective. It includes content aggregated from the internet and new content generated by a team of editors, all professional...
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Category: Evolution Institute
In 1975--before most current graduate students were born--Edward O. Wilson published his landmark book titled Sociobiology. Its central thesis was that there could be a single science of social behavior, based upon evolutionary theory, that covered all species, from microbes...
Posted by David Sloan Wilson at 8:37 AM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution Institute
In my previous post, I took an esteemed colleague to task for his statements about group selection. In this post I will do the same for his statements on a different subject--cultural evolution. Before continuing, I want to explain why...
Posted by David Sloan Wilson at 9:04 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution Institute
The Neighborhood Project is written for the full spectrum of readers, from inquisitive high school students to my professorial colleagues. I look forward to reading the reviews by the experts, which I expect to reveal the diversity of opinion that...
Posted by David Sloan Wilson at 11:08 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution Institute
Only one reason for ignoring the E-word remains to be considered: All branches of knowledge should ideally be consistent with each other, but every branch need not be consulted for the study of any particular branch. I rarely feel the...
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Category: Evolution Institute
Working backwards through our four reasons to ignore evolution, we have shown that smart people don't necessary converge on the facts of the matter from different starting positions (4) and that reasoning on the basis of design benefits from knowledge...
Posted by David Sloan Wilson at 10:29 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Economics and Evolution as Different Paradigms
With Tinbergen's four questions in mind (II), we can continue examining the reasons why evolution might be irrelevant for the study of a particular trait, even though the trait is a product of evolution. Reason #4 has already been considered...
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Category: Evolution Institute
If you're an economist, you know about Jan Tinbergen, who shared the first Nobel Prize in Economics with Ragnar Frisch in 1969 for his work on dynamic models of economic processes. If you're an evolutionist, you know about the other...
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Category: Economics and Evolution as Different Paradigms
I spend much of my time talking with people about subjects, such as education or economics, that have not been traditionally approached from an evolutionary perspective. For me, evolution provides a framework for thinking about all living processes, a fact...
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