tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post3801853279175358515..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: No less basicDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-5201804454561954402008-03-03T10:51:00.000+05:302008-03-03T10:51:00.000+05:30First guess on the dot! Jared Diamond it is, from ...First guess on the dot! Jared Diamond it is, from "The Third Chimpanzee". <BR/><BR/>I posted it only because it struck me as typically Diamond: speculating about a wide range of human experience.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-13558366800688096552008-03-03T06:38:00.000+05:302008-03-03T06:38:00.000+05:30I have seen a Jared Diamond piece called something...I have seen a Jared Diamond piece called something like "Agriculture was mankind's biggest mistake" (note: i said "have seen", not "have read"). So maybe this is part of that piece. <BR/><BR/>So my answer is Jared Diamond.<BR/><BR/>Rey de VaqueirosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-13559800563805048452008-03-02T15:11:00.000+05:302008-03-02T15:11:00.000+05:30On reading the passage again and looking at the to...On reading the passage again and looking at the tone in the beginning of the text I should correct myself. I dont think Jane Goodall would have used words like "give us our power...self-congratulatory view of our uniqueness" (she has been speaking/writing about non-uniqueness of making tools etc. thus being the woman who redefined man!). <BR/>So it has to be someone like jared diamond (the tone, being critical of agriculture etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-62821083301160843212008-03-02T14:43:00.000+05:302008-03-02T14:43:00.000+05:30I think its hard to point to the person who wrote ...I think its hard to point to the person who wrote it if one has not read the passage. Unless, your idea was get people to guess a rather unlikely source. <BR/>my guess, assuming a straight question, would be Jane Goodall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-13878410010228418242008-03-02T11:56:00.000+05:302008-03-02T11:56:00.000+05:30Dr. Chandra Suresh? ;)Dr. Chandra Suresh? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-51581287454542528552008-03-02T08:14:00.000+05:302008-03-02T08:14:00.000+05:30Dawkins? Stephen Jay Gould?Dawkins? Stephen Jay Gould?akhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385267278249934192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-9384817461534401142008-03-01T10:19:00.000+05:302008-03-01T10:19:00.000+05:30Jared Diamond?Jared Diamond?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com