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Overview
The overriding challenge for our species during the 21st century, many believe, will be that of evolving...or becoming extinct. Can the theory of evolution be expanded into a source of guidance that could help our species save itself? This collection brings together the thinking of scholars in a wide range of fields in social as well as natural science directed to this end.Synopsis
Illustrates how the theory of evolution can be expanded into a source of social guidance.
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Sixteen essays stress the importance of evolution to the grounding of all science and attempt to work towards a theory of evolution which takes into account the expanded cortical and cultural capacities of humans. Decrying current evolutionary thinking as being geared towards specifically pre-human organisms, the articles discuss such issues as: the human ability to intervene in evolution, the self-organizing behavior of the human brain, Laszlo's quantum-vacuum interaction field theory, the Gaia hypothesis, the misuse of Darwinian theory, cultural evolution in the U.S., and possible economic evolutionary interventions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.