What sociobiologists said

[Eric Franz Leher]

> Yes, he does get it. You've snipped out the rest of what he said.
> Essentially, he's saying, Yes, the  sociobiologists are a "coherent enough
> group that their use of technical terms needs to be respected" If so, then
> they're coherent enough that you can't dismiss the racism and sexism of the
> rest.
>

This is a non sequitur. Coherent in sense A does not imply coherent in
sense B. They're a 'coherent' group of users of technical terms in so
far as they are biologists, not racists and sexists.

The racism and sexism are not justified by the actual science. If anyone
tells you they are, they are full of shit. I don't know how many times
I've said this.

It's possible to be a complete nut and do good science. Witness Newton.
For that matter apparently good old Einstein (such a lovely man, such a
pacifist etc) communicated with his wife with written notes the content
of which was the nice middle-class equivalent of 'make sure I get clean
linen every day, bitch.' (I'm not vouching for this - it's a story I
heard.)

Like Carrol you don't usually fuck things up, so what else is it you
might mean here?

Eric