[Diamond]

Wilson goes so far as to call evolution "a theory of everything."

If that doesn't sounds like a "metaphysical research program" I don't know what does. Popper was right the first time. He should never have retracted it.

Cordially,

[Liberty1970]

By turning it into a 'theory of everything' they've ensured that it explains nothing, in 'heads I win tails you lose' fashion. Wilson just rationalizes that whatever exists must provide a benefit to fitness (despite major gaps in demonstrating this in the real world, and seemingly obvious contradictions to this belief - it takes a lot of faith to believe that the nuances and sacrificial aspects of morality are driven by natural selection, for example.) From his rationalization he then fits it into his evolutionary preconceptions, ignoring the fact that they can as easily be set within creationary preconceptions.

From the article: "And the reality is that a majority of Americans do reject evolution. Wilson notes in his book 54 percent don't believe that humans developed from earlier species. "That is up from 46 percent in 1994," he writes."

Bye, bye, Darwinian fundamentalism...

[Soliton]

If that doesn't sounds like a "metaphysical research program" I don't know what does. Popper was right the first time. He should never have retracted it.

It is an interesting hypothesis with a foundation in fact.