Q. Why do you think Darwinism is still controversial in the United States? A. It's not up to me to express an opinion about that - it's up to psychologists to explain it. You know, it casts a lot of poor light on American education. ================ ...from a nice profile of Ernst Mayr in today's NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/16/science/life/16MAYR.html An Insatiably Curious Observer Looks Back on a Life in Evolution By CLAUDIA DREIFUS BEDFORD, Mass. - At the elegant housing development for the elderly where the biologist Ernst Mayr lives, there are a game room, a library and a shrine to commemorate residents who have recently died. Not long ago, in a misfired joke, one of Dr. Mayr's housemates passed the shrine and asked, "Are you next for this, Mayr?" Without a blink, Dr. Mayr, emeritus professor of zoology at Harvard and one of the greatest living experts on evolution, returned: "I may be the oldest man here, but I'm not going anywhere. I still have a few books to write." Dr. Mayr, who is 97, takes long hikes in the woods behind the housing development every day; he is still producing professional papers and books with respectable sales, including his latest and 16th, "What Evolution Is" (Basic Books), which was published in October. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael J. Renner Department of Psychology West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 610-436-2925 Fax: 610-436-2846 Office Hours, Sp 2002: Tue/Thur 8-9:30 am, Weds 2-4 pm "The path of least resistance is always downhill." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
