tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479235544924438256.post7968152255034320229..comments2024-03-01T00:20:32.513-08:00Comments on Thought, Spirit, Politik: The C Word and Emergence: Absent-minded Science, Part IVTam Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05919461715412820636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479235544924438256.post-9355930124946018752011-07-12T11:42:40.135-07:002011-07-12T11:42:40.135-07:00Thanks Veronica! Let me know what you think of Ste...Thanks Veronica! Let me know what you think of Steele's work. My view is that the "Central Dogma" of modern evolutionary theory (it's literally called that), that genes lead to proteins and never the other way around, was a simplifying postulate that is in the process of being disproven. There is increasing evidence that various processes are Lamarckian, though certainly not all.Tam Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919461715412820636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479235544924438256.post-84058441423799312132011-02-01T09:00:44.963-08:002011-02-01T09:00:44.963-08:00I really enjoyed reading your guest post, "Ab...I really enjoyed reading your guest post, "Absent-Minded Science: Part V: Sex, Psyche and Evolution," at John Wilken's blog. As Jake at Wilken's blog says, it is "Well worth the read!" <br />Many years ago I took a general science course for a`literature degree and wrote an essay on Lamarck, so I was happy to see your parenthetical comment, "(Darwin was a Lamarckian in many ways, but this is not commonly known)."<br /><br /> I am very taken by Lamarck's theory of acquired characteristics, but I am constantly told that Darwin and his sucessors proved that Lamrack was wrong. <br /><br />Thank you for including notes at the bottom of your article; I intend to read Steele's book, Lamark's Signature, as soon as possible.Veronica Abbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037599323472646996noreply@blogger.com