From PZ Myers, of course: Natural selection is such a clear, simple idea that biologists around the world were wacking themselves in the forehead when they read [Darwin's] book, saying, “Of course! Why didn’t I think of that!” He laid out the facts as everybody already knew them, with simple and irrefutible logic leading to [...]

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I just read a great comment by Joe Kilner on a post over at Good Math, Bad Math. I’m taking the liberty of quoting it in its entirety, but click on over to Good Math, Bad Math if you want to see the rest of the excellent discussion. Natural selection is basically a tautology, which [...]

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