[stanz]

Now, anyone who's seen Stephen Jay Gould on some of the countless documentaries on the origin of species knows he's more than a bit of a pompous ass....

That often seems to be the case when people of unusual intellect articulate their views. Actually, Gould is an extremely humorous writer and an avid baseball fan who uses baseball as analogy is many of his writings.

[My2Cents]

His love of baseball hardly redeems him. He's still a pompous ass.

[APBaer]

Actually, Gould is an extremely humorous writer and an avid baseball fan
who uses baseball as analogy is many of his writings."

So it is true...
They did clone George Will

[r9etb]

Actually, Gould is an extremely humorous writer and an avid baseball fan who uses baseball as analogy is many of his writings.

Gould is an engaging writer. However, he is also very prone to bending facts to suit his predestined conclusion, as I quickly realized while reading his Mismeasure of Man.

He is, quite simply, an avid partisan, and he makes good money at it. As such, his conclusions are not to be trusted at face value.

I don't limit this skepticism to Gould, BTW, he just happens to be the person we're talking about.

[aardvark1]

Gould is an extremely humorous writer and an avid baseball fan who uses baseball as analogy is many of his writings.

According to 'jlogajan' that makes him a "crank theorist." No disagreement.

[FairWitness]

Gould is an extremely humorous writer and an avid baseball fan who uses baseball as analogy is many of his writings.

True, but he is also, as stated, a pompous ass, for which his "unusual intellect" is no excuse. I have spent my whole working life around people of "unusual intellect" and most of them are not pompous asses - only the ones who think they know it all.