Nature vs Nurture one more time

Carl.Mills at UC.EDU Carl.Mills at UC.EDU
Fri Apr 25 16:01:06 UTC 1997


Max wrote, in part:

>I wouldn't consider a "society" that of bees (or ants), for reasons I
>don't care to go into right now.

Well, there are quite a few biologists, not limited to E.O. Wilson, who
wrote a book by the name, who consider _The Insect Societies_ to be (or
is it "bee") societies.

I find Liz's attitude quite reasonable.

As for me, the older I get, the less patient I become with people--both
chomskyan innatist and social folks (?socialists?)--who would draw a
sharp line between humans and other animals.


Carl



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