I don't understand why a fairly decent news site such as The Huffington Post would give space to a new-age "guru" like Deepak Chopra, but it does. Exploring the back pages of the site the other day, I found that Chopra was sounding off on Darwinism. He starts off: "I remain fascinated by orthodox defenders of Darwinism, who believe that the success of a scientific theory proves its infallibility." I really didn't need to go beyond that first sentence, so stunning was the ignorance it displayed about both Darwinism and science, but I did, just out of curiosity. No surprises, at all. With every statement he simply shoved his foot deeper and deeper into his mouth.
Infallibility is the domain of religion and pseudo-spirituality, not of science, but Chopra is too busy setting himself up as one of the "wise" to educate himself. The title of his article—Survival of the Wisest—should be Rantings of the Ignorant and Arrogant.
Survival of the Wisest
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