Score!

[iesika]

I am, like, such a nerd. Mwahaha.  



I stole this from caerfree.

I  really am a giant enormous nerd. I bought a book today about the intellectual "feud" between Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins and their conflicting variations on evolutionary theory. Because, before the book was published, I thought "wow, someone should really write a book about the intellectual "feud" between Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins and their conflicting variations on evolutionary theory." Seriously. And not long after, I found out it was being written, and I jumped up and down and squealed. 

So, if anyone has any thoughts on Punctuated Equilibrium, I'm all rip-roaring ready for a good intellectual debate!

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[wood-rabbit.livejournal.com]

Cool - now I'm really interested. Like I said, I've read only Dawkins' analysis of Gould, so it seems only fair to read what Gould has to say before I judge it - and what you have said makes him sound like not so much of a goof as Dawkins suggests.

". . . the Earth is affected by both long-term, slow-acting forces and rapid, violent events. I don't see why the same can't be true of biology." No kidding. Based on what you have said about Gould, it seems that the "opposing" sides of this argument are probably actually quite compatible. I'm really excited now about this book, and thank you for the other recs as well.