Re: [Marxism] re: Science and Pseudoscience

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

hari.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> As regards all this, it is still fashionable to berate Engels' understanding 
> of biology. But relatively recently work certainly substantiates Engels view 
> on the evolution of the hand. [Schick KD & Toth N: 'Making Silent Stones 
> Speak'; 1994].

Levins & Lewontin dedicate _The Dialectical Biologist_ "To Frederick
Engels, who got it wrong a lot of the time but who got it right when it
counted." We all get it wrong a lot of the time; getting it right when
it counts is what is really difficult.

Carrol


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