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...hasn't learned from his mistakes. I would have expected Emmerich, along with others who spout phrases coined by Science for the People (e.g., "vulgar Darwinism"), to be disturbed by DeVore's lecture, for it incidentally contradicted many of the things he claimed in his review of Dawkins's book on sociobiology last year (11 April 1977). That review led to a cascade of criticism, most of which asserted that he didn't know what he was talking about (26 April). Emmerich seems determined to prove his critics correct, and to force sociobiology into the "deeply conservative politics" mold whether...
...many people will cite Emmerich's account--one published in Harvard's newspaper of record--as an example of sociobiological sexism? The very least Emmerich owes DeVore is a retraction and a deep, believable apology. Much more appropriate would be a reprinting of DeVore's full speech, or at least as much as can fit onto page...
...finally, without trying to interfere in The Crimson's internal affairs, I would suggest that its reputation has been damaged by Emmerich's article, and that The Crimson Staff is owed some restitution. --James D. Weinrich Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows
With spring the Yard turns green again, we look for summer jobs again, and J. Wyatt Emmerich scribbles about sociobiology again. This year he claims Professor DeVore is out of his league, but perhaps it is Emmerich who is guilty of this...
...Emmerich condemns the discipline of sociobiology as "a chaos of untested and untenable extrapolations." This single phrase indicates he ignored the major portion of DeVore's speech which explained how the consistent findings by a wide variety of researchers support specific behavioral theories. To cover his bets Emmerich says that zoologists should not try to explain human behavior. He mentions the surprising genetic similarity between man and other relatives but it does not occur to him that we probably share some basic behavioral genes as well as some basic anatomical genes. He claims DeVore made "unverifiable conjectures" and says "human...