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THOUGHTS: VN and intelligent design
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Dear Nabokoholics,
Regarding VN's published remarks on evolution, and his feeling that
there is more to mimicry than meets the eye,
I speculate that being quoted in support of creationism/intelligent
design would have displeased him.
Do certain predators have sharper senses and greater intelligence than
science was aware of, at the time VN was writing?
If that is the case, perhaps only perfect mimicry will suffice! Old
McNab is in the Grand Potato story as a designer of butterflies
because of his flyleaf dedications with drawings of fanciful species.
And for VN's intelligence, needless to say. But not to promote
intelligent design!
Hasta la vista,
Tom (Rymour)
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Regarding VN's published remarks on evolution, and his feeling that
there is more to mimicry than meets the eye,
I speculate that being quoted in support of creationism/intelligent
design would have displeased him.
Do certain predators have sharper senses and greater intelligence than
science was aware of, at the time VN was writing?
If that is the case, perhaps only perfect mimicry will suffice! Old
McNab is in the Grand Potato story as a designer of butterflies
because of his flyleaf dedications with drawings of fanciful species.
And for VN's intelligence, needless to say. But not to promote
intelligent design!
Hasta la vista,
Tom (Rymour)
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