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Critique of Darwinism
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Shaw systematically attacks Neo-Darwinian theory, portraying it as a mechanistic, pessimistic creed that reduces life to chance and survival. He contrasts it unfavorably with Lamarckian ideas of use and will, which he sees as more hopeful and scientifically credible.