Evolution has long been badly taught. In particular, students - and even professional biologists - acquire theories of … - Gregory Bateson

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Gregory Bateson

Evolution has long been badly taught. In particular, students - and even professional biologists - acquire theories of evolution without any deep understanding of what problem these theories attempt to solve. They learn but little of the evolution of evolutionary theory.

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