Stephen Jay Gould - Seven Wonders Of The World Part 1 of 2

Biologist and author Stephen Jay Gould lists his seven wonders of the world. They are: The Akeley Hall of the New York Natural History Museum, Darwin's "The Origin of Species", Chartres Cathedral, Anomalocaris from the Burgess Shale, Deep Time and Ceaseless Motion, Diversity, Brahms Variations on a Theme by Hayden.

Produced by Christopher Sykes at http://www.sykes.easynet.co.uk/

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[uncljoedoc]

I prefer Edw. Forbes F.R.S. to all. Now there was a naturalist.

[Kyrin206]

@everyone It's not about differences in intellect, between Dawkins and Gould. The difference is that Gould supports a hierarchical theory of selection, that encompasses changes on many levels, with no one level acting in primacy. He calls for a theory of macro evolution that recognizes that. Dawkins is basically a gene selectionist, i.e. he supports a theory of macro evolution that begins at the genic level and moves "up".

[fcdog555]

@GreenlandCat you are an ignorant fool if you claim Dawkins is nowhere near as smart as Gould. Being that I have read both of their works and is familiar with both of them, they both have intellects about equal.

[GreenlandCat]

@STEPHENWRAYSFORD33 sorry but dawkins is nowhere

as smart as gould and certainly not on the same level

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

Gould was a great science writer and biologist. It's a shame that Gould, Ernst Mayr, W.D Hamiltion & John Maynard-Smith all died recently, Dawkins, E.O Wilson & James Watson are also not getting any younger. I wonder where the next generation of science writers will come from...