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



Yes, I assumed he had died. Shows you should never take anything for
granted...well maybe if he had been 105 when he gave that interview.

Michael Ragland

"It's uncertain whether intelligence has any long term survival value.
Bacteria do quite well without it."
 Stephen Hawking
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