Complexity, Walls, 0.400 Hitting and Evolutionary “Progress”

2550 words What do complexity, baseball and evolutionary “progress” have to do with each other? A lot. Stephen Jay Gould, in his book Full House he eloquently weaves these seemingly unrelated things into a coherent attack on so-called “progressive” evolution. Most people assume that the disappearance of 0.400 hitting is due to a decline in ability, however Gould … Continue reading Complexity, Walls, 0.400 Hitting and Evolutionary “Progress”