Well jeepers, PH, if I'm such "a treasure," then how come I'm not on your ping list? :^)
Another thing: In my last, I was asking you for your view of the question at hand. Rather than give it to me, you gave me a link to another website, to discover what I do not know I'm supposed to discover, since you seemingly refuse to communicate such basic things as "what to look for" (from your point of view that is). So I gather you intend that I am to be left floundering around all by myself, without any guidance at all.
All I really wanted, from square one, was to be able to figure out what you actually think about issues of mutual interest.
May I observe that, on the basis of long experience, one rarely hears answers from our friends the NeoDarwinists in regard to particular urgent questions. Instead, one gets directed to external web sites....
Speaking for myself, my current urgent reading list is as long as my arm. Do you suggest everything should go back in the line, so that I might read your excuse for not replying to me directly? Why would I consider doing any such stupid thing?
All I want to know is: What do you, personally, think of the content of those external web links? I mean, if you're recommending them to me, you must think they are worthy in some way. And if you think they are worthy, then supposedly you have evaluated evidence and imposed rational criteria so to reach that conclusion.
From the standpoint of a person advancing such an argument, what kind of reasoning, what kind of actual human communication does a "passed-off" referral to a third-party authority actually represent?
And your seeming thanks (not that you owe me any thanks at all) for my sincere question, takes the form of referring me to a website that houses such kernals of wisdom as: "How Cooperation Can Evolve in a Cheater's World."
Man, you can't be serious. If you are, and if you are also "legion" (i.e., as may be validated any time by the latest poll numbers properly spun), then Western Civilization is doomed indeed.
Seemingly there are more questions than answers these days. Hope you can help to find real solutions to the problems we human beings actually face, under currently prevailing conditions.
Thanks for writing PH.