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It appears Mr. Gilder is using a second-hand account of Dale Earnhardt's driving to teach Lance Armstrong how to ride a bicycle.

Jeepers, HayekRocks. Do you mean to suggest that science is so "holy" that it is profaned anytime and everytime a philosopher should lay one single finger on it?

If that is so, what ought a philosopher to say to the raft of "closet metaphysicians" that populate modern biology -- such as Monod, Lewontin, Dawkins, Pinker, Crick, et al.?

Fair's fair, guy. Please advise!

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Jeepers, HayekRocks. Do you mean to suggest that science is so "holy" that it is profaned anytime and everytime a philosopher should lay one single finger on it?

I had no idea Mr. Gilder was considered a philosopher. I see him more as a pop science writer.

If that is so, what ought a philosopher to say to the raft of "closet metaphysicians" that populate modern biology -- such as Monod, Lewontin, Dawkins, Pinker, Crick, et al.?

In my experience, which is somewhat limited, few philosophers take them seriously as philosophers.