----- Original Message ----- From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I loved Gould's work, especially his MISMEASURE OF MAN, a needed critique of > IQ tests and the like. But I think though the theory of punctuated > equilibrium is an important contribution to evolutionary theory, it isn't > that important to economics. In economics, it's suspiciously akin to the > standard idea of "comparative statics." (BTW, there was an article in > SCIENCE & SOCIETY a few years ago, likening Gould's method to that of Marx.) > ==================== To study the temporal dynamics of organisms and ecosystems [heterochrony] is to flirt with insanity. To be anthropomorphic, evolution is not interested in equilibrium or stasis. Ian
