Thanks, I’ve added Dawkins’s River Out of Eden. I agree with Lukas Gloor that Dawkins doesn’t challenge the perception of WAS as necessary, but then again many of the other early entries don’t. I think it’s worthy of inclusion here.
I like this quotation from the book which I think is quite powerful:
“The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored.”
Thanks, I’ve added Dawkins’s River Out of Eden. I agree with Lukas Gloor that Dawkins doesn’t challenge the perception of WAS as necessary, but then again many of the other early entries don’t. I think it’s worthy of inclusion here.
I like this quotation from the book which I think is quite powerful:
“The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored.”