"In our view, the competitive edge that led to the rise of the ants
as a world-dominant group is their highly developed, self-sacrificial
colonial existence. It would appear that socialism really works
under some circumstances. Karl Marx just had the wrong species."
--B Holldobler & EO Wilson, "Journey to the Ants," 1994, p. 9
The above comment, incredibly stupid, potentially inflammatory and
wildly irresponsible, demonstrates once more the peril inhering in
social-philosophical excursions by world-class scientists.
No, gentlemen, you just have the wrong bias (or is that the wrong
funding source?).
valis
Occupied America
"Where an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place."
-- Goethe
