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RIP: Stephen Jay Gould

Posted by chrisd on from the becoming-what-you-study dept.

gdyas writes: " Reuters reports that famed paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has died today at age 60 of cancer. Famous for his many essays on natural history, modifications to Darwin's theories, and as the winner of the American Book Award for "The Mismeasure of Man", a history of intelligence testing, Gould was and remains a profound influence on biology." CNN also has a piece on him.

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  1. And most importantly he was on the Simpsons by Dynedain · · Score: 5, Funny

    He starred in the episode where a fossilized angel skeleton is found.

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  2. MC Hawking's Tribute by GuyMannDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the legendary gangsta rapper MC Hawking said it best in F*ck The Creationists

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    Fuck the damn creationists, those bunch of dumb-ass bitches,
    every time I think of them my trigger finger itches.
    They want to have their bullshit, taught in public class,
    Stephen J. Gould should put his foot right up their ass.

    GMD

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  3. my eyes just bugged out. by RestiffBard · · Score: 5, Funny

    for a guy that studied snails he was the best there was at explaining the unintelligble to the masses. I own several of his books and read them like most folks read Grisham.

    Wherever he is now I'm certain he's explaining something to someone.

    God: so how did I do that thing with the platypus again?
    Stephen: its easy. lets use baseball as an example...

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