H. Allen Orr, were deeply confused about those darned spandrels. But enough about Dennett's methods. It's worth noting, first of all, that I agree with several of Dennett's pronouncements. I agree that biological evolution is an uncontroversial fact. I agree that natural selection is the most important force driving this evolution.
Natural selection is alive and well.
My charge was not that natural selection is dead, dying, or even collecting a pension. My charge was that Dennett misrepresents biologists' real and legitimate worries about adaptationism. Dennett's response is remarkably silent here. In his response, Dennett tries to justify his failure to tell his readers about the neutral theory. This is simply wrong.