Re: Confusing Creationism with Accidental Change . . .
<Gould called human evolution "a fortuitous cosmic afterthought."
(from Bowser’s post above)
I don’t think he added fire-power to the Creationist side, so much as he forced his colleges to do the hard research to keep up with his insightful wisdom on Evolutionary Possibilities. Whether testable or not, I think his ideas were strenuously examined (they had to be), with many finding their way to the classroom and open discussions.
Dan