Hi Marsha ;-) That's "men" in the same sense as "man" in your "self" RMP quote ...
Ian On 7/15/08, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Platt Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:48 AM > Subject: [MD] Quality strikes again > > > Hi All: > > An article about E.O Wilson, the guru of ants and advocate of sociobiology, > is in today's NY Times at: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15wils.html > > One paragraph caught my MOQ eye: > > "Dr Wilson´s treatise, on the shaping of social behavior, seems likely to > tread firmly into this vexed arena. Morality and religion, he suspects, > are traits based on group selection. `Groups with men of quality - brave, > strong, innovative, smart and altruistic -- would tend to prevail, as > Darwin said, over groups that do not have those qualities so well > developed, ` Dr. Wilson said." > > I doubt, of course, if it ever occurred to Wilson that it's Quality, not > groups, that basically drives evolution although it´s right there in his > quote, staring him in the face. > > Amazing how even celebrated intellectuals can be blinded by their self- > imposed "immune systems." > > Regards, > Platt > > > Greetings Platt, > > One phrase caught my MOQ eye: > > "Groups with men of quality" Men? Men? Give me a break!!! > > Marsha > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
