I think that often people believe other things that crowd out the true explanation, so in practice it isn’t applied correctly to real-world phenomena. Then, perhaps they try to reintegrate everything under a unifying theory of “evolution”.
Anthropomorphism, promiscuous teleology, not understanding the level of selection, absolutist ideas about fitness, belief in a certain philosophical type of progress, etc. are culprits.
After all the misconceptions are added, the only work left for evolution is to provide a label for the jumble!
I think that often people believe other things that crowd out the true explanation, so in practice it isn’t applied correctly to real-world phenomena. Then, perhaps they try to reintegrate everything under a unifying theory of “evolution”.
Anthropomorphism, promiscuous teleology, not understanding the level of selection, absolutist ideas about fitness, belief in a certain philosophical type of progress, etc. are culprits.
After all the misconceptions are added, the only work left for evolution is to provide a label for the jumble!