Comments on: A Monkey with a Meme: The Creative Vacuity of Pim van Meurs http://www.uncommondescent.com/just-for-fun/a-monkey-with-a-meme-the-creative-vacuity-of-pim-van-meurs/ Serving The Intelligent Design Community Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jehu http://www.uncommondescent.com/just-for-fun/a-monkey-with-a-meme-the-creative-vacuity-of-pim-van-meurs/comment-page-1/#comment-96235 Jehu Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:07:14 +0000 http://www.uncommondescent.com/just-for-fun/a-monkey-with-a-meme-the-creative-vacuity-of-pim-van-meurs/#comment-96235 Herer is quote from StephenJ. Gould I found tonight while reading his forward to Schindenwolf's <i>Basic Questions in Paleontology </i> <i>"It is a sad commonplace of orthordoxies that they spawn derisive dismissals of contrary views, even (or especially) when the ideas of the dissenters are not read or known only from biased accounts written by high priests - a point so well understood by Orwell in his novel 1984. All orthodoxies must designate whipping boys, and the Modern Synthesis was no exception." </i> You have to hand to it Gould, he gives a nice quote. Herer is quote from StephenJ. Gould I found tonight while reading his forward to Schindenwolf’s Basic Questions in Paleontology

“It is a sad commonplace of orthordoxies that they spawn derisive dismissals of contrary views, even (or especially) when the ideas of the dissenters are not read or known only from biased accounts written by high priests – a point so well understood by Orwell in his novel 1984. All orthodoxies must designate whipping boys, and the Modern Synthesis was no exception.”

You have to hand to it Gould, he gives a nice quote.

]]> By: russ http://www.uncommondescent.com/just-for-fun/a-monkey-with-a-meme-the-creative-vacuity-of-pim-van-meurs/comment-page-1/#comment-96182 russ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:37:30 +0000 http://www.uncommondescent.com/just-for-fun/a-monkey-with-a-meme-the-creative-vacuity-of-pim-van-meurs/#comment-96182 In politics they call this a "talking point". In politics they call this a “talking point”.

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