In a message dated 99-01-27 01:50:55 EST, spike writes:
>damien, i am not a biologist, but a rocket type who has read everything
>that gould has published. altho i really enjoy his stuff i have long
>suspected
>i am getting only part of the story. how does a nonbiologist with an
>engineering background balance gould?
Read Dennett and Dawkins, his opponents (kinda) amongst popular writers. They're good too. Dawkins tends to be closest to mainstream biology consensus.