Beyond Darwin: Systems Biology vs. Lipton's Metaphysics

The text analyzes the theses of Bruce Lipton from the book "Beyond Darwin," which suggests that the current civilizational crisis results from a misunderstanding of evolution as a struggle for existence. However, the author demonstrates that Lipton is fighting a pop-culture caricature of Darwinism rather than science itself. He explains that cooperation and symbiosis (e.g., Lynn Margulis' theory) are embedded within the mechanisms of natural selection, not in contradiction to them. Although epigenetics indeed overturns simple genetic determinism, it does not replace genetics with consciousness or environment, but creates a complex network of mutual interactions. The article concludes that modern biology does not reject Darwin, but refines the domain of his theory in light of new discoveries.