Congratulations to Tim Bousquet for “Doolittle, Darwin and the
‘deeply dumb'” (October 8). What beautifully clear and understandable
writing on a complex subject.
Anyone who denies the fact that all plants and animals alive today,
including ourselves, evolved from other forms of life over hundreds of
millions of years, please read Jerry Coyne’s book Why Evolution is
True and Richard Dawkins’ The Greatest Show on Earth.
Professor Coyne teaches at the University of Chicago and is one of the
world’s leading experts on how new species originate. Professor Dawkins
is a fellow of New College at Oxford University, and has written widely
acclaimed books on evolution.
The evidence for evolution is indisputable, and the arguments of
those who claim otherwise without having made the effort to properly
inform themselves about what this evidence is, cannot, with respect, be
taken seriously.—David Blackwell, Bedford
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2009.