Witch-hunting among the Anthropologists
If you want to read a report from the esteemed evolutionary biologist John Tooby about the whole Tierney/Neel/Chagnon affair, do read it, it's enlightening reading.
And take everything Miss Catnap says with a liberal grain of salt 
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"To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?"
"I suppose so," said Alice.
"Well, then," the Cat went on, "you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
"I call it purring, not growling," said Alice.
"Call it what you like," said the Cat. |