>That's Gould saying "unnecessary." He's saying that strict gradualism is
>not necessary to evolutionary theory. What Stephen said was that increase
>in variation was controversial and then posted a portion of a discussion of
>the rate of evolution (an entirely different discussion) as support for his
>assertion, and quote had been altered to make it seem to support his
>argument better.
'Increase in variation' is a discussion "entirely different' from 'rate
of evolution'?
>No magic involved. Lists of creationist out-of-context quotes are all over
>the web. He has links to some of them from his own website. Do you really
>think he's read all those books?
SJ's quotes seem to me different (and longer!) than those I've run into
on the web. But whatever the source, I find their substance interesting,
you don't. One can read a lot of books, especially when they're all in
a field one is familiar with and one knows how to scan for what is
interesting.
--Cliff Lundberg ~ San Francisco ~ cliff@noe.com