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Louis Proyect wrote: Greg McDonald wrote: > Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), an American paleontologist, > evolutionary biologist and historian of science, studied these > craniometric works from a historical perspective in The Mismeasure of > Man (1981). He claimed that Samuel Morton had fudged data and > "overpacked" the skulls with filler in order to justify his > preconcieved notions on racial differences. > >Thank you for confirming my observation. Scientists do not fudge data. >Charlatans do. Mildly witty on your part Louis, but If I were you I would not be so quick to whitewash the historical relationship between science and racist theories. Madison Grant, author of "The Passing of the Great Race", was on the National Research Council Committee on Anthropology. Only after years of concerted effort did such icons as Franz Boas and his students succeed in driving people such as Grant out of the halls of academia. Unfortunately, some of them are still there. Greg McDonald ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
