Dear David Livingston Smith,
I must first of all commend you on your willingness to broach this controversial topic. In 1975, my book Sociobiology garnered much criticism from my colleagues, not because of its theories but because of the application of those theories to humans. I stated that our actions and behaviors originate in our genetics; given the thesis of your book, you agree. Many people assumed I was harkening back to the dark days of evolutionary biology as racist pseudoscience, and in fact protested against and threatened me. I think they vastly misunderstood my point, but you obviously did not. Continue reading