On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:24 PM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
>
> FWIW:
>
> My take on recent proclamations derived from supposed errors in Stephen Jay
> Gould’s analysis of Morton’s skull data:
>
> http://0sum.org/archives/122
>
> Summary: a reexamination of Gould’s analysis of Morton’s cranial
> measurements finds that Morton’s data is free of the errors claimed by
> Gould, and the claim is made that this finding invalidates Gould’s thesis
> that scientific theorising is influenced by the prejudices of scientists. I
> argue otherwise: (a) Gould’s example being wrong, even if true does not
> imply that his thesis is wrong, (b) the argument developed by Gould’s critic
> caricatures his position and presents a naive view of scientific method.
>
> Comments and feedback are always greatly appreciated,
>
> —ravi