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He has served as a lecturer in life sciences and paleontology at ucla. Last week, i spoke with one of my punk rock and science heroes, bad religion vocalist evolutionary biologist greg graffin, about his new book. One of the books central arguments is that it is equilibrium and symbiosis, not survival of the fittest, that ultimately settles conflicts. When nations are ranked according to a humandevelopment index, which measures such factors as life expectancy, literacy rates, and educational attainment, the five highestranked countries norway, sweden, australia, canada, and. Faith, science, and bad religion in a world without god 2011 and population wars. Graffin obtained his phd in zoology at cornell university. Bad religions greg graffin cant explain the main point. Greg graffin, the front man for the punk band bad religion and also a lecturer in evolutionary biology at cornell.
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