My reaction to the review: Gould is a crushed man fighting for his
reputation. The critique is without substance and resorts to ad-hominem
attacks and arguments from authority.
Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com +1.425.688.8600
CEO, Brodie Technology Group, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA
Author, VIRUS OF THE MIND: The New Science of the Meme
Visit Meme Central: http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm
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>From: Grant Callaghan[SMTP:grantc@cts.com]
>Sent: Friday, June 6, 1997 12:21 AM
>To: David McFadzean
>Cc: virus@lucifer.com
>Subject: virus: Book review
>
>The New York Review of books has just published a book review by
>Stephen Jay Gould critiquing Daniel Dennett's "Darwin's Dangerous
>Idea." In it he says Dennett misrepresented his (Gould's) ideas
>in the book and tried to attribute positions to Gould that he
>never espoused. Then he brings up some excellent criticisms of
>the memetics movement that should probably be addressed by anyone
>who wants to make memetics a science or philosophy that scientists
>will take seriously. You can read or download the article from
>www.nybooks.com. Highly recommended.
>
>Grant Callaghan
>grantc@cts.com
>
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