I just want to point out that Micky Dolenz’s reading list also includes E.O. Wilson’s On Human Nature, a book so deeply, iredeemably politically incorrect that I quoted at length from it in We Are Doomed (p. 145).Ha ha! E.O. Wilson is a good egg because people think he's racist. Similarly if I were to punch Derbyshire over and over again in the face until his nose slides around to his ear Derbyshire would become more and more angelic, but ONLY if I was yelling "RACIST!" as I did so.
I also told everyone’s favorite Wilson story. It bears re-telling:
Wilson featured in one of the more colorful incidents in the nature-nurture war. At an American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium in 1978, he had a pitcher of ice water dumped on his head by Culturists chanting, “Racist Wilson you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide!”
Wilson is, in short, a good egg, and I congratulate the former Monkee for his intelligent perspicacity.
The real outrage?
The Monkees’ music, though, was low-grade pap.Thus far all comments but one concern The Monkees except for this one:
Mr. Munster your name is fun to say out loud. Also you do not get it.
Am I missing something about the story? Guy gets water dumped on him, people chant, and...? Or is that it? In which case, I don't get it.
Wilson is, in short, a good egg
ReplyDeleteAlso a spokesman for conservation, moving from fossil fuels to alternative energy, action on climate change, etc.
Perhaps Derbyshire follows the "parts of it are excellent" approach to eggs.
Similarly if I were to punch Derbyshire over and over again in the face until his nose slides around to his ear Derbyshire would become more and more angelic, but ONLY if I was yelling "RACIST!" as I did so.
ReplyDeleteI will yell "RACIST" so you can concentrate on the punching part. But please warn before his nose starts to slide, because...ewwwww.
This FAUX Beetles Libel shall not stand, Sir!
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But please warn before his nose starts to slide, because...ewwwww.
ReplyDeleteOn Derbyshire it will be an improvement.
But please warn before his nose starts to slide
ReplyDeleteLike the eye-migrating metamorphosis of a flatfish, it is all part of Nature's rich tapestry.
his intelligent perspicacity
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As Joeybagels says: The Monkees were too busy singing to put anybody down.
ReplyDeleteIf you want someone put down, bear in mind that I am not too busy singing.
ReplyDeleteWilson is an excellent scientist, but On Human Nature is a load of crap, and a career of excellent science may not make up for making Stephen Pinker's career possible. Wilson suffers from Harvard disease. The faculty there begins to believe they are so smart that they are qualified to comment on stuff they know jack shit about, and that their particular discipline can be used to unify all theories.
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We can have thread devoted to "Pinker is a jerkwad" plz?
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