tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post3259337423268000533..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Shermer on the use of "survival of the fittest"Salman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-88946942916079749892009-02-08T17:15:00.000-05:002009-02-08T17:15:00.000-05:00Ha! Thanks Zakir for the link to the letter. And y...Ha! Thanks Zakir for the link to the letter. And yes, we should get it in the documentary - its clarification is quite important because of the colonial past of most Muslim countries.Salman Hameedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-48283398723003174522009-02-07T07:44:00.000-05:002009-02-07T07:44:00.000-05:00Excellent article. These myths are super prevalent...Excellent article. <BR/><BR/>These myths are super prevalent. Omar Cheema's rebuttal to Irfan Hussain's article 'Imran Khan vs Charles Darwin' being yet another example:<BR/><BR/>"Ironically, it was Darwinism that was used by the propounders of the notion of ‘survival of the fittest’, which was a central theme of extremist racist doctrines like Nazism and the Apartheid notions of the Afrikaans."<BR/><BR/><A>http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/22/letted.htm#12</A><BR/><BR/>That natural selection also favored tit-for-tat reciprocity and (what Dawkins calls) our "lust" for morality isn't sufficiently talked about and hence hardly understood by intelligent laypersons. <BR/><BR/>Salman, perhaps something you could clarify in your upcoming documentary on Evolution/Origins for a Muslim audience ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com