[js1138]

I don't know how to subclone, transfect, do PCR, run a mass spec or do an elisa or radioligand binding assay..."

I don't know the answer to this, but I think it's worth asking: What percentage of lab tecnnicians wind up publishing original ideas? What percentage of auto mechanics design new cars?

I don't consider your point of view completely irrelevant, but it isn't much of an argument. It is perfectly possible to use a complex tool, say Photoshop or an accounting program, without knowing how computers or electronics work.

[tallhappy]

I don't consider your point of view completely irrelevant, but it isn't much of an argument.

I wasn't really making an argument.

It's simply a fact that studying for a biology degree or biochemistry degree or related today, Ernst Mayr's name just wouldn't come up much if at all.

The insults spewed forth at dmcnash bu more than one person were not only overly rude but inappropriate based on substantive considerations.