Hi Ian,
True. I will forgive neither. ;-)
Marsha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] Quality strikes again
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
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