The Michael Shermer Show27 Feb 2019

55. Dr. David Sloan Wilson — This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution

In this dialogue Dr. Shermer speaks with Dr. David Sloan Wilson, the renowned evolutionary biologist and Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. His previous books include Evolution for Everyone, The Neighborhood Project, Does Altruism Exist? and Darwin's Cathedral. He is the president of the Evolution Institute and editor in chief of its online magazine, This View of Life. His new book, out this week, is This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution. He and Shermer discuss…

what it means to complete the Darwinian Revolution
solving the "is-ought" and "naturalistic fallacy" through proper science and philosophy
why evolutionary psychology is an equal opportunity offender for liberals and conservatives
why both laissez faire and command economies fail
what is morality?
dispelling the myth of social darwinism
policy as a branch of biology
solving the tragedy of the commons through game theory
the evolutionary origins of good and evil
natural selection, group selection, multi-level selection and the debate with Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins over selfish genes
why nationalism is like religion
how a biologist thinks about immigration, nuclear deterrence and other policy issues
the rise of nationalism and what to do about it.

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