On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 23:14:07 +0000 (UTC), "Jim McGinn"
 wrote:

>Gould was an excellent historian, but a lousy scientist.  His biggest
>conceptual error was to employ "contingency" as a force or source
>of causation.
>
>Also, the assumption that society would be improved if people reject
>creationism is naive.
>
This is a rather bold statement of  opinion without any real support
or justification.

The assumption that society would be improved if people reject
superstition and credulity and adopt rationality and clear thinking is
not such a bad notion.
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