tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post3323575439269368349..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: A nice thread about Gould at Jerry's placeRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-82182870575454852792011-06-18T05:41:48.381+10:002011-06-18T05:41:48.381+10:00"As far as science studies goes, then, the pa..."As far as science studies goes, then, the paper is erecting and attacking a straw man. They produce no evidence that people who work in this area regard Gould’s critique of Morton as canonical, important, or valid. The only two relevant works they cite do not in fact mention it. One of the three references by skeletal biologists they cite as accepting Gould is actually completely dismissive of Gould [...] The bulk of the paper is indeed devoted to establishing a point that has been widely known for over two decades, and is widely accessible because it was published in a major journal: that Gould did not even reliably establish that Morton had indeed fudged unconsciously."<br /><br />http://anthropomics.blogspot.com/2011/06/plotz-biology.htmlBlake Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977394981287067289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-7500972340092478332011-06-16T17:58:18.360+10:002011-06-16T17:58:18.360+10:00Now, I am merely a son of a carpenter, and can bar...Now, I am merely a son of a carpenter, and can barely drill straight - but is it not so that a particularly larger than standard nail might fracture the wood? :PSvlad Cjellinoreply@blogger.com