gregpriest.bsky.social
PhD in history and philosophy of science (also JD and MLA), Stanford. Biology, complexity, diagramming. Philosophy of history. Curates these BlueSky feeds: History and Philosophy of Biology Complexity Science Philosophy of History and Historiography
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@gregpriest.bsky.socialThe only British biologist that I can find he had a good word for was Francis Galton, who was keen on Eugenics and selective breeding. He owned a copy of Galton's Hereditary Genius (1869).
Show PostWe would adapt to the situation, after a lot of pain and death. And the new culture would make the conservative high honor repressive cultures we have now seem like free love hippy ones.
Show PostThanks to Greg Priest for this. Yep, survival of the fittest isn't the same as everyone out for themselves. Glad we don't have a society based on bee ethics.
Show PostMy cursory glance not very encouraging. Many suggestions that Darwin was not aware of Nietzsche.
Show PostCame across the reference en passant a few years ago, there must be correspondence, will look into it.
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