Philosophical Dead Ends in Evolutionary Theory
2024-12-15
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This review examines Richard Dawkins's "The Genetic Book of the Dead" and Sara Imari Walker's "Life as No One Knows It." Dawkins continues his "selfish gene" theory, arguing that genes are the central driving force of evolution. However, the review points out that this view is outdated and fails to adequately consider factors such as development, epigenetics, and niche construction. Walker's book attempts to explain the origin of life from the perspective of assembly theory, but the review argues that it is overly simplistic and fails to fully clarify the essence of life. The article concludes that popular science books often tend towards simplistic narratives, ignoring the complexity and diversity of the field of biology.
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