Huxley invented the term "agnostic" and described himself as one.
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Darwin's Bulldog
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Posted on: June 29, 2008 12:16 PM, by Greg Laden
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I love you dearly, Greg, but you need an editor, darling.
;)
Kisses
Posted by: JanieBelle | June 29, 2008 12:32 PM
Dont be too harsh on him JanieBelle.....
You 2 some sort of Sartre and DeBeauvoir by the way? LOL
Posted by: clinteas | June 29, 2008 12:56 PM
No, unfortunately, Amanda beat me to His Hunkiness.
I'm a gracious loser, though.
:)
Posted by: JanieBelle | June 29, 2008 1:03 PM
Whats 100 years anyway,when youre in love LOL.....
Posted by: clinteas | June 29, 2008 1:09 PM
Who was the medium?
Posted by: Virgil Samms | June 29, 2008 1:46 PM
So, maybe they were debating the reality of Time Machines...
Posted by: Greg Laden | June 29, 2008 2:35 PM
I'm guessing Huxley would have won that debate had it occurred in 1960.
"Step into my Tardis, and I'll show you..."
Posted by: JanieBelle | June 29, 2008 2:48 PM
After reading many of Huxley's works it is surprising how Darwin and natural selection are almost never mentioned; Huxley seemed to be more concerned with figuring out transitions in the fossil record between groups (like his Sauropsida, which was reptiles + birds) than how it happened. he did defend Darwin in this way and definitely was struck by Darwin's idea, but his own views were much more nuanced than we often realize.
Likewise, Huxley never debated Wilberforce. During a series of lectures on creation/evolution at Oxford in the summer of 1860 Wilberforce made some snide comment to young Huxley who was in the audience. Huxley responded but from the accounts given most people didn't even hear him and it ended up being a minor point and was not an actual debate in any sense of the word.
Posted by: Laelaps | June 30, 2008 7:47 AM