Goofy Stuff!
Sometimes he made sense other times I think he had a ... sitting on his writing desk. The irony is the whole book falls under the "magesterium" of Philosophy, not Science! Based on the premise of this book, Gould should not have laid a finger on this subject. But, I'm glad he did. Now, thanks to NOMA, I better not ever here you (ahem) "Freethinking" Naturalists even mention Ethics. Ya heer me! It's not yo "turf". Stick to your cricket turds and bacteria. Leave the big questions for the adults who choose to look a little deeper than (GULP!) caterpillar eating wasps (OH, the horror!). C'Ya.