In article ,
Michael Ragland  wrote:
>
>MAYR: George Wald's claim was based on strict reductionism, and 
>reductionism is dead. [...] 
>
>TT:
>From this quote, Ernst Mayr does not understand what reductionism is :-( 
>
>MR:
>Why Tim. Certainly one of the greatest evolutionary biologists of the
>20th century deserves an explanation:) even if he is dead.

It is a reasonable inference that, since Ernst Mayr was 93 some years ago
when that quote was made, that he is now dead.

However, one would be wrong.  Last I heard, Ernst Mayr was alive,
at age 100, and a couple of centennial celebratory symposia have been held for
him this year.

(George Wald is dead, and reductionism may or may not be).

-- 
Joe Felsenstein         joe{at}removethispart.gs.washington.edu
 Department of Genome Sciences and Department of Biology,
 University of Washington, Box 357730, Seattle, WA 98195-7730 USA
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