[Beware of Stephen J. Gould][gould]. I think it is relevant that Gould seems to have been a believing Marxist . . .

I laughed when I read this because I could hear them grinding their axes in stereo, Gould on the left and Raymond on the right.

My experience reading Gould and his critics has been odd. I don't always agree with him, but he never seems to give me the false impressions his critics are upset with him for promoting. It makes for some pretty surreal reading.

I actually thought, "Ooh, let's see if it happens again," when I clicked the link to your post. It did. Ditto for the other criticism you linked. Maybe I'm just out of step with everyone else?