(May 11, 2014 at 6:00 am)alpha male Wrote:(May 10, 2014 at 2:35 pm)Chas Wrote: Unsourced? Do you not know of Wikipedia?Yes, but just saying Wikipedia is a little broad, don'tcha think? It's customary to provide a link to the specific article, or at least the article title, so that others can check the context of the quote.
Quote:And, yes, it does support my position. It calls into question anything above the gene level.Look at the parts that I bolded.
"the view that selection on other levels, such as organisms and populations, seldom opposes selection on genes is more controversial."
Your view is that selection on other levels reduces easily to selection on genes, i.e. selection on other levels seldom or never opposes selection on genes. Your own quote says that position is controversial.
Quote:There are no mechanisms known for evolution above the gene/phenotype level. That is why "group selection" has failed.According to your own quote, more sophisticated models of group selection make accurate predictions.
Still no mechanism. Levels above the gene/phenotype level may be useful shortcuts to communication, but they are only that.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.