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Nature 446, 375 (22 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446375a; Published online 21 March 2007
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Can the physiological agents of homeostasis create the appearance of design in nature?
BOOK REVIEWED-The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges From Life Itself
by J. Scott Turner
Harvard University Press: 2007. 304 pp. £14.49, $27.95
Sharing a broadly accepted idea or philosophical concept comes with a danger: after a period of indulgence in mutual affirmation, it is easy to forget how to effectively defend the concept against a smart and captious critic. Established politicians sometimes stumble and get lost in clumsy arguments when forced to defend the basic concepts of their politics against a cleverly presented and maybe radically different opinion.
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