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The provided passages do not contain information about the practical implications of the ideas presented in "Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA."
The passages describe that Richard C. Lewontin's collection of essays, which originated as CBC Radio's Massey Lectures Series in 1990, examines the "false paths down which modern scientific ideology has led us" [Passage 2]. Lewontin argues that scientists are social beings whose views of nature are shaped by their social experiences, and that science, like the Church before it, is a social institution that reflects and reinforces societal values and vices [Passage 2]. The passages state that by admitting science's limitations, Lewontin helps readers "rediscover the richness of nature — and appreciate the real value of science" [Passage 2]. However, what these practical implications entail is not specified.
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Pages: 112 Snippet: Lewontin writes in this collection of essays, which began their life as CBC Radio's Massey Lectures Series for 1990: "Scientists do not begin life as scientists, after all, but as social beings immersed in a family, a state, a productive ...
Title: Biology as Ideology by Richard C. Lewontin Description: R. C. Lewontin is a prominent scientist — a geneticist who teaches at Harvard — yet he believes that we have placed science on a pedestal, treating it as an objective body of knowledge that transcends all other ways of knowing and all other endeavours. Lewontin writes in this collection of essays, which began their life as CBC Radio's Massey Lectures Series for 1990: "Scientists do not begin life as scientists, after all, but as social beings immersed in a family, a state, a productive structure, and they view nature through a…