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Conner Habib | Sexuality, Oppression, & The Occult
Evolutionary Biology, Capitalist Economics and Symbiosis
Habib critiques the "selfish gene" model of evolutionary biology, arguing it is a reflection of capitalist economics rather than objective science. He cites the work of Lynn Margulis on symbiosis and the re-emergence of Lamarckian ideas regarding the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Habib specifically targets neo-Darwinists like Richard Dawkins, suggesting their rigid adherence to natural selection and random mutation ignores significant evidence of cooperative evolution found in bacteria and other organisms.