On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Julie Alipaz wrote: > your very first problem is that you are reading something written by > Jared Diamond. keep the salt shaker handy. Do you have substantive disagreements with him? I found Guns etc. to be rather long-winded and repetitive but otherwise brilliant, and it seemed like scholarly speculation in the best tradition; I can't off-hand remember anything about The Third Chimpanzee. > >I'm half-way through Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by > >Jared Diamond...