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The Science of Spore
By T. Ryan Gregory | October 25th 2008 02:05 PM | 1 comment | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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About T. Ryan Gregory

I am an evolutionary biologist specializing in genome size evolution at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Be sure to visit Evolver Zone


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Is Spore meant to be just a game, with no suggestion that it has scientific content?




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It has as much to do with science as World War 2 games have to do with war.   Wright didn't intend it but Creationists will get more out of it than science gamers will.    He's doing marketing - no one would buy a game where the designer says it's a cartoon simplification.  

I was going to write an article on this but couldn't finish it.   I have notes, though, so I can make it a blog.(edit - and did)

Hank Campbell | 10/25/08 | 15:50 PM

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