
201. Michael Shermer on Evolution, I.D. Theory, Consciousness, Morality, Gullibility, and Nothing (AMA # 7)
The Michael Shermer Show
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Natural Selection Is Daily and Hourly Scrutinizing, Preserving and Adding Up
Darwin said that as more individuals are produced than can possibly survive, there must be a struggle for existence. There's no agency behind natural s. That's just a word we use to describe what's going on in nature. i always thought his opening chapter the origin of species on artificial selection. Pigeon breeders, for example, was i understand what he was doing, but it's a bit misleading because there are pigeon breeders.
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