Doug Bailey wrote:
>Greg Bear's new book,
>_Darwin's Radio_ is due out May 1999 (UK)/September 1999 (US).
>Bear stated the book contains "a new and startling take on human
>evolution. No aliens, no mutations, just sex and reproduction--
>on a species level." Bear also stated there was a lot of Hollywood
>interest in the initial outline of the book.
I heard him give a talk on this a month ago (& sat next to him at dinner). He basically thinks DNA is a lot smarter than we think.
Robin Hanson
hanson@econ.berkeley.edu http://hanson.berkeley.edu/ RWJF Health Policy Scholar FAX: 510-643-8614140 Warren Hall, UC Berkeley, CA 94720-7360 510-643-1884 after 8/99: Assist. Prof. Economics, George Mason Univ.