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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Currently reading "Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin" By Seven Gould.
Over all not very impressed. Seems to belabor points which seem pretty self evident to start with.
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That's too bad. I've read a couple of his essays and found him to be an entertaining writer. Aside from a possible writer/audience mismatch, how do you find the writng? Is it pop evolutionary theory or is it sound stuff? (I've always wanted to read more Gould but don't know where to start.)
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