The problem is, how do you get the point through to PZ and other biologists who come at the question from an evo-devo PoV?
Why bother? PZ’s rather misguided rant isn’t doing very much damage. Just ignore him, I figure.
Maybe it is a slow news day. PZ’s rant got Slashdotted:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/17/1536233/Ray-Kurzweil-Does-Not-Understand-the-Brain
PZ has stooped pretty low with the publicity recently:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/the_eva_mendes_sex_tape.php
Maybe he was trolling with his Kurzweil rant. He does have a history with this subject matter, though:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/singularly_silly_singularity.php
Why bother? PZ’s rather misguided rant isn’t doing very much damage. Just ignore him, I figure.
Maybe it is a slow news day. PZ’s rant got Slashdotted:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/17/1536233/Ray-Kurzweil-Does-Not-Understand-the-Brain
PZ has stooped pretty low with the publicity recently:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/the_eva_mendes_sex_tape.php
Maybe he was trolling with his Kurzweil rant. He does have a history with this subject matter, though:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/singularly_silly_singularity.php