Has Darwin’s theory of natural selection been misinterpreted?
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About the video: ‘Has Darwin’s theory of natural selection been misinterpreted?’
Mae Wan-Ho discusses how the Darwinian theory of natural selection has been misappropriated by business leaders and economists. The notion of ‘survival of the fittest,’ originally coined by Herbert Spencer to describe the process of natural evolution, has been mistakenly applied to corporate culture and neo-liberal economics. Darwin’s original theory has, in effect, been used to justify an economic model based on competition, merger and acquisition.
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Filmed: Science, Medecine and the Law - RIBA. London, UK on 31 January 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
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About Mae-Wan Ho
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho is a world renowned geneticist & biophysicist. She is Director of the Institute of Science in Society, she is co-founder of the International Science Panel on Genetic Modification and is scientific advisor to the Third World Network. She has written more than 300 publications and over a dozen books including “Genetic Engineering – Dream or Nightmare?” (1998) and “The Case for a GM-free Sustainable World” (2004).
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