Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: zondag 17 april 2011 21:26 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] Gould vs. Wilber INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 355 Amsterdam, April 17th, 2011 UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTION - Stephen Jay Gould vs. Ken Wilber - Toby Rogers Wilber's entire thesis rests on complexification—on the idea that the increasing complexity we see in evolution points us towards God. And here Stephen Jay Gould, one of the world's leading experts on evolution, in just a few short sentences says, 'nope, evolution likes simplicity just as much as complexity.' Oftentimes we look at a theory on paper—and it just feels right and so we become passionate about it. Look, I don't know who's right, Gould or Wilber (and I imagine some integral theorist out there has found a way to harmonize the two)—but it is alarming to say the least to see Gould, one of the world's experts on evolution look at the same data—and come away with the opposite conclusion (from Wilber). Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/rogers1.html An ADDTHIS button has been placed at the top-left of the homepage, so you can send this site to your social neworks friends easily. If you know other people interested in this Integral World Newsletter, please forward this mail to them. Thanks. To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php