Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould’s Darwin’s Delay Knowing something is true and having the ability to prove it are on different ends of the spectrum. Charles Darwin and Stephen Jay Gould may have known something about that. His name may not be as recognizable to the average person but Stephen Jay Gould is a widely known and read 20th century scientist. Some even consider him to be the on the same level as Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin spent most of his life researching and trying to prove his theories. He wasn’t out for fame or fortune but knowledge. Many different aspects of life force people to thrive for something more. Some people stand for those occasions while others keep their heads down trying not cause trouble. Darwin and Gould are men who didn’t…

Imagine having to give a presentation in class on a topic that is completely new to you. Your research consists only of typing the topic into Google and copying down the definition that pops up, and that is it. When you go to give your presentation, you put up a slide with only that definition on it. How well do you think that presentation will go? Probably not real great because the context is missing. When one’s only focus is on the conclusion, or the answer, the process of learning, and…

Gould creates a scenario comparing the application of hereditary IQ to another hereditary trait, height. Gould describes a situation of a poor Indian village with ah highly heritable height. Tall fathers have tall sons and short fathers have short sons. However, Gould claims that better nutrition might raise the average of the village in just a few generations. “Similarly, the well-documented fifteen-point average difference in IQ between blacks and whites in America with substantial…

These similarities and differences can help the author establish their topic. In the essay" Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs", Stephen Jay Gould uses many techniques to establish his point throughout his essay. Sharon Begley's" Designer Babies" also has techniques to make the essay clear of her view point. In Stephen Jay Gould's essay, “Sex, Drugs, Disasters and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs" has a format that includes different numbered sections included in the essay.…

A woman's brain, no different than a man's, and definitely no less important. “Women’s Brains” by Stephen Jay Gould, is a piece writen to fight the idea that a woman's brain is actually smaller than a man’s. With the author being a male and a scientist, it is possible that he was definitely biased. In the piece Gould disputes George Eliot’s point of view that there was an “inferiority of women”.Just the idea that a women is inferior upsets me, why should a women be any less then a man.…

human population, have often found myself wondering why cruelty exists in a supposedly good world. If there is a benevolent God, why are there mosquitoes, which infect millions of people with malaria each year? Why are there dart frogs that produce poison potent enough to kill 10 grown men? Why is there the ichneumon fly, which injects its victims with eggs that eat the unfortunate victim from the inside out as they hatch? The ichneumon, which has stumped natural theologians for centuries, is…

In a thought-provoking literary composition by Stephen Jay Gould, the hypotheses of dinosaur extinction are intermingled with the all-consuming thoughts and dilemmas that plague much of the modern society, including: sex, drugs, and violence; as well as one great unknown- how dinosaurs became extinct. Gould adds the public’s lust for outré, controversial statements with real, scientific inferences. Plaguing the world with questionability, the explanation for the dinosaurs’ extinction is still…

new inventions have been used to kill and enslave countless humans. With the murderous past of scientific advancements, the question is raised: Is science and technology evil or is it good? This question has been debated for centuries with no outcome, but in Stephen Jay Gould’s The Great Asymmetry, Gould proposes a third option which could settle the debate and is obviously the best option for society. The third option, known as The Great Asymmetry, is the idea that science and humanity tends…

dinosaurs. Consequently, the debacle on the causes of dinosaur extinction have baffled the minds of paleontologists for centuries. Geologist and zoologist Stephen Jay Gould published “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs,” to compare scientific and speculative causes of dinosaur extinction. This passage is highly informative and enjoyable. Gould provides three theories-- sex, drugs, and disasters-- that capture the reader’s curiosity, allowing room for consideration.…

separate fascinating claims form the methods that scientists use to establish the facts of nature” (McQuade 402). Fact or fiction, scientists are often quick to announce “fascinating claims” or observations rather than do the work necessary to make them useful. As scientifically opinionated as could be, Stephen Jay Gould’s Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs mentioned three common theories about the extinction of dinosaurs accurately, defined his way of determining if a…