Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must be...We inhabit a world of human differences and predilections, but the extrapolation of these facts to theories of rigid limits is ideology.


The Mismeasure of Man (1981), 28–9

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must...

Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must...

Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must...

Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must...