caa a22 4500 445301937 CHVBK 20180317142600.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20101201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12124-010-9127-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12124-010-9127-6 Bateson Patrick The Old Rectory, Rectory Street, IP19 8BL, Halesworth, Suffolk, UK aut Nick Thompson on Design [Elektronische Daten] [Patrick Bateson] Most biologists are struck by the many close fits between organisms' characteristics and the environments which they inhabit. The adaptations look as they have been designed, but their origins are explained in terms of Charles Darwin's natural selection. Nick Thompson, to whom this essay is dedicated, frequently wrote about design and insisted that the concept should not treated in the same way as the notion of current utility, the idea that an organism's trait increases its chances of survival and reproductive success. He was right, but sadly the whole idea of design has been appropriated by the creationists seeking scientific respectability for their extremist nonsense. As a result biologists are now shy about using the term. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Evolution nationallicence Design nationallicence Natural selection nationallicence Function nationallicence Flexibility nationallicence Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Springer-Verlag 44/4(2010-12-01), 351-359 1932-4502 44:4<351 2010 44 12124 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-010-9127-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-010-9127-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bateson Patrick The Old Rectory, Rectory Street, IP19 8BL, Halesworth, Suffolk, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Springer-Verlag 44/4(2010-12-01), 351-359 1932-4502 44:4<351 2010 44 12124 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer