Re: RE: Re: gould dies at 60

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>

> I loved Gould's work, especially his MISMEASURE OF MAN, a needed critique of
> IQ tests and the like. But I think though the theory of punctuated
> equilibrium is an important contribution to evolutionary theory, it isn't
> that important to economics. In economics, it's suspiciously akin to the
> standard idea of "comparative statics." (BTW, there was an article in
> SCIENCE & SOCIETY a few years ago, likening Gould's method to that of Marx.)
>
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To study the temporal dynamics of organisms and ecosystems [heterochrony] is to flirt with insanity.
To be anthropomorphic, evolution is not interested in equilibrium or stasis.

Ian