[throwaway4787]

This may be the appropriate thread to remind people that Darwin was far from the be-all and end-all of evolutionary biology and much of what he said turned out to be actually mistaken. This isn't so much of an attack on him as a celebration that we've come a long way since the 19th century. Also, you should be suspicious of any argument involving non-geneticists invoking Darwin to justify such and such social outcome - actual modern-day geneticists don't invoke Darwin for much of the same reason actual modern-day physicists don't invoke Democritus.

[msla]

I think Darwin was closer to Newton than Democritus in terms of knowing what the Hell he was talking about.

But, yes, your point stands: Evolutionary biology has moved on, and people who try to poke holes in a 19th Century version in order to discredit the whole field are misinformed and, likely, doing it with a partisan, rather than an academic, intent.

[shmageggy]

Care to provide any references?