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Indeed, Provine is quite correct in tracing this kind of thinking back to Darwin himself.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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Provine is fetching in a modified toga with a statuesque physique, underlined with a small, lovely voice that is only enhanced when she is displeased — as you can well imagin — at her newfound predicament.
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William Provine is the Charles A. Alexander Professor of Biological Sciences from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University.
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It appears to me that one of your colleagues there at Cornell, Will Provine, believes that evolutionary biology teaches us that: No ultimate foundations for ethics exist, no ultimate meaning in life exists, and free will is merely a human myth.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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No. And, for the record, Will Provine (my colleague, mentor and best friend at Cornell) would answer these two questions exactly the same way I have.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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Professor Provine from Stanford echoes the same sentiment and makes no apologies for it.
Child Abuse Alert 2009
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From 1960-1962, ABC ran a popular show which starred Dorothy Provine as Pinky Pinkham, the star of the Charleston Club.
George Heymont: Stars of a Golden Age George Heymont 2011
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No. And, for the record, Will Provine (my colleague, mentor and best friend at Cornell) would answer these two questions exactly the same way I have.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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If evolutionary biology has no bearing at all on belief about religion why do you and Provine question your students on their religious beliefs before and after teaching a course on evolution and why do you note that their views change?
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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However, none of them (as far as I know, and this includes Will Provine) base their ethics or personal relationships or anything outside of their scientific research on evolutionary theory, any more than they would base their ethics or personal relationships on Newtonian mechanics or the ideal gas laws.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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