[samtheman]

And one more thing about Gould: he doesn't put scientists up on a pedestal. He's just as critical of "conventional wisdom" among scientists --- past and present --- as he is of the nabobs who think they are saying something meaningful when they declare "evolution is a theory, not a fact".

[Cincinatus' Wife]

....And one more thing about Gould: he doesn't put scientists up on a pedestal. He's just as critical of "conventional wisdom" among scientists --- past and present ...

Scientists are human (shhh - some don't know that) and too often, will defend a pet theory regardless of new information.

[Aquinasfan]

He's just as critical of "conventional wisdom" among scientists --- past and present --- as he is of the nabobs who think they are saying something meaningful when they declare "evolution is a theory, not a fact".

Evolution is a theory, not a fact.

[Vaquero]

"And one more thing about Gould: he doesn't put scientists up on a pedestal. He's just as critical of "conventional wisdom" among scientists --- past and present --- as he is of the nabobs who think they are saying something meaningful when they declare "evolution is a theory, not a fact". " Didn't....the man has been dead for a while now......

[johnnyb_61820]

Interestingly, one of the scientists who wrote for the "In 6 Days" book was a student of Gould's.