Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and David Sloan Wilson Attack E.O. Wilson's The Social Conquest of Earth

It's not easy being the leading figure in a field you almost single handedly created, and that is exactly where E.O. Wilson, one of the primary architects of sociobiology, finds himself near the end of his career, with the publication of The Social Conquest of Earth. With that fame and recognition comes the inevitable attacks from those whose own work is perhaps overshadowed or even contradicted.

The latest attack comes from Steven Pinker over at Edge.

THE FALSE ALLURE OF GROUP SELECTION

An Edge Original Essay
Steven Pinker [6.18.12]

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"I am often asked whether I agree with the new group selectionists, and the questioners are always surprised when I say I do not. After all, group selection sounds like a reasonable extension of... [via Integral Options Cafe]