On Wed, 6 Dec 95 12:37:24 EST you wrote:
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>Gould does not describe people like Walcott as deceitful. But
>he forcefully makes the case that our preconceptions can have
>a powerful influence on coloring our perception of reality.
>And when the facts didn't fit they simply closed their minds.
>They refused to accept the now established fact that the testimony
>of the fossils told a very different history of life then the
>history they expected. I admire honest scholars like Stephen
>Jay Gould who have attempted to set the record straight. Perhaps
>now we will all know that the perception we all learned about the
>fossil record derived from Darwin's expectations were false.
Agreed. Good point! :-)
God bless.
Stephen
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