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What kind of God can one infer from the sort of phenomena epitomized by the species on Darwin's Galapagos Islands? The evolutionary process is rife with happenstance, contingency, incredible waste, death, pain and horror.… The God of the Galapagos is careless, wasteful, indifferent, almost diabolical. He is certainly not the sort of God to whom anyone would be inclined to pray.
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The animosities that arise during the course of science are complicated by the allegiances and alliances scientists form.
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Although data about science are to some extent malleable, they are not totally plastic.
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David Hull
Born:
June 15, 1935
Died:
August 11, 2010
(aged 75)
Bio:
David Lee Hull was a philosopher with a particular interest in the philosophy of biology. In addition to his academic prominence, he was well known as a gay man who fought for the rights of other gay and lesbian philosophers.
Known for:
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Since 2015)
The Dark Tapes
You Must Be Joking
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