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David_Gerard comments on [LINK] Steven Pinker on "The false allure of group selection" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: David_Gerard 24 June 2012 05:01:12PM 2 points [-]

Jerry Coyne has an excellent piece, prompted by Pinker's piece: The demise of group selection. He bludgeons the idea to death in a manner any LW reader would enjoy.

He also notes why group selection is dead amongst evolutionary biologists, but is showing up from vocal proponents: Templeton Foundation money. Sigh.