Re: Underneath it all
Massie (mrlab@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:32:22 -0400
mortongr@flash.net wrote:
>
> At 06:44 AM 7/26/99 -0700, mrlab wrote:
> > Keep in mind that Gould would have Johnson shut up because he is not
> >"properly" trained as an evolutionary paleontologist.
>
> Can you cite an article in which Stephen J. Gould told Johnson to 'shut
> up'? And I would point out that the fact that Johnson is not trained as an
> evolutionary paleontologist is no problem as long a Johnson knows the
> subject. But when he makes silly errors like rodents turning into whales,
> and using a 20+ year old paleontology text as his prime source for
> information, he shows that he really doesn't know the field.
>
> Would you come to me, a geophysicist, for informaiton on brain surgery? Of
> course not. I haven't been trained, nor have I studies brain surgery. But
> we expect a lawyer who uses out of date material (and only one main source
> at that) to really know the field? Give me a break.
>
> glenn
>
> Foundation, Fall and Flood
> Adam, Apes and Anthropology
> http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
>
> Lots of information on creation/evolution
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The references are well known for the comment by Gould but I will look
this up and post it tomorrow.
Bert M