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{{a| | {{a|book review|}}{{br|Consilience}} — {{author|E. O. Wilson}} | ||
==Tilting at windmills== | |||
{{author|E.O. Wilson}} is just the latest biologist to try turning the base metal of scientific induction into the spun gold of existential truth. What is the allure of religious certainty for these folks, and why they can’t heed the lessons of their own discipline? | {{author|E.O. Wilson}} is just the latest biologist to try turning the base metal of scientific induction into the spun gold of existential truth. What is the allure of religious certainty for these folks, and why they can’t heed the lessons of their own discipline? |