After reading the chapter on Lamarck and the two-factor theory I feel that as Gould comments that ’soft’ – ‘lamarckian’ inheritence of characteristics that are acquired during ones lifetime can be inherited to the next generation was in a sense folk – wisdom at the time, I feel as if the misconception that most people have today about the idea of evolution is more lamarckian that darwininan, even in the hierearchy, steady state and evolution point of view. In a sense this is natural. We do know that science is seldom common sensical and Lamarch is closer to common sense than Darwin is.