ClaimsSteven Pinker

“But what does "natural selection" add to the historian's commonplace that some groups have traits that cause them to grow more populous, or wealthier, or more powerful, or to conquer more territory, than others?”

Steven Pinker 18 June 2012 The False Allure of Group Selection (Edge.org) archived copy

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But what does "natural selection" add to the historian's commonplace that some groups have traits that cause them to grow more populous, or…

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Steven Pinker, “But what does "natural selection" add to the historian's commonplace that some groups have traits that cause them to grow more populous, or…” (said 18 June 2012). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_c8b76a2c0086, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_c8b76a2c0086

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