could you please define horsepucky for me?. You can be frank about it, I am no sociobiologist, and I also have some sneaky suspicions about them. I gather the "selfish gene" is already outdated.

Sure, Werner. It's a polite way of saying bullshit!

I was being controversial. My dislike of sociobiology stems from an abhorrence of "science" that in many cases proves its theories by begging the question and other forms of dodgy logic. My dislike of sociobiology is also known to many on the board!

I've always felt that the major attraction of sociobiology to otherwise quite smart people like Dawkins is because adopting allows you to avoid rigour ...