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tgamble · 12-19-2002, 02:50 PM

Most people have probably seen it already but I'm read it now and it's an excellent read. Gould shows no mercy and exposes the deceptive claims of creation "science".

<a href="http://www.antievolution.org/projects/mclean/mva_tt_p_gould.html" target="_blank">http://www.antievolution.org/projects/mclean/mva_tt_p_gould.html</a>

lpetrich · 12-19-2002, 10:55 PM

Be careful, it contains a few mis-transcriptions, like

pelycosaurs - plesiosaurs (some Mesozoic marine reptiles)

amniotes - ammonites (Mesozoic nautilus-like cephalopods)

Reliqwae Deluviavi - Reliquiae Diluvianae (William Buckland's book on "Relics of the Flood")

dentician - dentition (the sort of teeth one has)

Jack Monod - Jacques Monod (molecular biologist who discovered operons, sets of genes regulated as a group)

O'Parin - Oparin (biologist who speculated about the origin of life)

Nickle · 12-20-2002, 12:00 AM

Thanks for the link, I had it bookmarked once but I've never read it and then deleted the bookmark.

Gould was a great man, very lucid and likable.

Thanks again.

Peregrine · 12-20-2002, 08:15 AM

A good read, but I noticed that the defense lawyers fell into the same traps as the creationists -- quote mining and confusing Lamarkian and Darwinian evolution.

12-20-2002, 09:34 AM

Steve Gould's ideas and eloquent defense of the truth lives on.

12-19-2002, 02:50 PM	#1
tgamble Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: St. John's, Nfld. Canada Posts: 1,652	Gould's Testimony Mclean vs. Arkansas Most people have probably seen it already but I'm read it now and it's an excellent read. Gould shows no mercy and exposes the deceptive claims of creation "science". <a href="http://www.antievolution.org/projects/mclean/mva_tt_p_gould.html" target="_blank">http://www.antievolution.org/projects/mclean/mva_tt_p_gould.html</a>

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12-19-2002, 10:55 PM	#2
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	Be careful, it contains a few mis-transcriptions, like pelycosaurs - plesiosaurs (some Mesozoic marine reptiles) amniotes - ammonites (Mesozoic nautilus-like cephalopods) Reliqwae Deluviavi - Reliquiae Diluvianae (William Buckland's book on "Relics of the Flood") dentician - dentition (the sort of teeth one has) Jack Monod - Jacques Monod (molecular biologist who discovered operons, sets of genes regulated as a group) O'Parin - Oparin (biologist who speculated about the origin of life)

12-20-2002, 12:00 AM	#3
Nickle Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 385	Thanks for the link, I had it bookmarked once but I've never read it and then deleted the bookmark. Gould was a great man, very lucid and likable. Thanks again.

12-20-2002, 08:15 AM	#4
Peregrine Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 385	A good read, but I noticed that the defense lawyers fell into the same traps as the creationists -- quote mining and confusing Lamarkian and Darwinian evolution.

12-20-2002, 09:34 AM	#5
Synaesthesia Guest Posts: n/a	Steve Gould's ideas and eloquent defense of the truth lives on.

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