Sociobiology.
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Food of the Gods / Terence McKenna ; interviewed by Pamela Burton.
Terence McKenna, author, explorer, and co-founder of Botanical Dimensions. He discusses his book, Food of the Gods, in which he examines the origin of human species assisted by psychedelics. The human family, he argues, is once again in need of consciousness expansion, and psychadelics are connected to the earth’s energy’s. McKenna reevaluates the Darwinian theory…
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A condemnation of sociobiology / Dr. Seymour Washburn ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett.
Dr. Seymour Washburn, professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley, attacks the field of sociobiology. Much of the speech focuses on a critique of E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, the chief proponent of the field of sociobiology, who wields evolutionary arguments to support the ascription of genetic bases to human behaviors. This approach has…