Just got Panda's Thumb for the library since it is what caused so much consternation. A quick perusal indicates some people should be embarassed, it is just a dumbed-down anti-science book, kind of like a bunch of Chick tracts strung together.
Fer crissake, be more careful, will ya! I nearly burst a vein when I read this! Thank goodness the confusion was sorted out, or I woulda had to call in the men in white suits with big nets to take you to a happy place.
I did run across someone once on an evolution/creo forum board who thought Gould was a creo based on some of his quotes that this person had seen taken out of context in some creo nonsense or other. I did set him straight, but was rather amazed that anyone who knew anything about evolution didn't know who Gould was, and have a shrine to him in their living room. You know, like the catholics have with their revered figures. I offered to send him the little Gould figurine that I have in my garden, but he didn't seem interested.
Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin
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