Famous paleontologist and evolutionary scientist
Stephen Jay Gould has passed away. He was best known for his theory of punctuated equilibria (which, some say, paralleled his youthful Marxist beliefs in the impossibility of reform and the necessity for sudden revolution for change, though you won't see CNN mention that for some reason). He was also a key critic of Dawkins' "selfish gene" theory.
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He was also a tragic fan of the Yankees baseball team, so he can't have been a terrorist either.