Many, perhaps even most, of Gould’s arguments were nonsense.
But many of the greatest minds in science have made nonsense arguments. We consider them great because they had at least a few ideas that were extremely worthwhile, because there was some gold in all the dross.
Rejecting Gould’s positions on evolutionary theory merely because he also put forward the idiotic magisteria idea is dumb.
Many, perhaps even most, of Gould’s arguments were nonsense.
But many of the greatest minds in science have made nonsense arguments. We consider them great because they had at least a few ideas that were extremely worthwhile, because there was some gold in all the dross.
Rejecting Gould’s positions on evolutionary theory merely because he also put forward the idiotic magisteria idea is dumb.