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Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right Picture Quote #1

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria Picture Quote #1

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot Picture Quote #1

A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished Picture Quote #1

At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation Picture Quote #1

Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans Picture Quote #1

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Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism-and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency Picture Quote #1

In what I like to call the Great Asymmetry, every spectacular incident of evil will be balanced by 10,000 acts of kindness, too often unnoted and invisible Picture Quote #1

Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted Picture Quote #1

History does include aspects of directionality, and the present range of causes and phenomena does not exhaust the realm of past possibilities Picture Quote #1

Orchids were not made by an ideal engineer; they are jury-rigged from a limited set of available components Picture Quote #1

Sure we fit. We wouldn't be here if we didn't. But the world wasn't made for us and it will endure without us Picture Quote #1

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For Dawkins, evolution is a battle among genes, each seeking to make more copies of itself. Bodies are merely the places where genes aggregate for a time Picture Quote #1

Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and a variety of reasons for nonadaptive evolution? Picture Quote #1

Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory Picture Quote #1

Life shows no trend to complexity in the usual sense-only an asymmetrical expansion of diversity around a starting point constrained to be simple Picture Quote #1

Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent sources, the only conceptual structure that can make unified sense of all this disparate information Picture Quote #1

The equation of evolution with progress represents our strongest cultural impediment to a proper understanding of this greatest biological revolution in the history of human thought Picture Quote #1

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We are the accidental result of an unplanned process... the fragile result of an enormous concatenation of improbabilities, not the predictable product of any definite process Picture Quote #1

What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it Picture Quote #1

The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days Picture Quote #1

We must [it has been arued] go beyond reductionism to a holistic recognition that biology and culture interpenetrate in an inextricable manner Picture Quote #1

Without a commitment to science and rationality in it's proper domain, there can be no solution to the problems that engulf us. Still, the Yahoos never rest Picture Quote #1

Life is a copiously branching bush, continually pruned by the grim reaper of extinction, not a ladder of predictable progress Picture Quote #1

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Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process, constrained by history, follows perforce Picture Quote #1

[Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science Picture Quote #1

We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love Picture Quote #1

Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology Picture Quote #1

World views are social constructions and they channel the search for facts. But facts are found and knowledge progresses, however fitfully Picture Quote #1

Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree Picture Quote #1

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A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism-and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) In what I like to call the Great Asymmetry, every spectacular incident of evil will be balanced by 10,000 acts of kindness, too often unnoted and invisible (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) History does include aspects of directionality, and the present range of causes and phenomena does not exhaust the realm of past possibilities (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Orchids were not made by an ideal engineer; they are jury-rigged from a limited set of available components (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Sure we fit. We wouldn't be here if we didn't. But the world wasn't made for us and it will endure without us (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) For Dawkins, evolution is a battle among genes, each seeking to make more copies of itself. Bodies are merely the places where genes aggregate for a time (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and a variety of reasons for nonadaptive evolution? (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Life shows no trend to complexity in the usual sense-only an asymmetrical expansion of diversity around a starting point constrained to be simple (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent sources, the only conceptual structure that can make unified sense of all this disparate information (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) The equation of evolution with progress represents our strongest cultural impediment to a proper understanding of this greatest biological revolution in the history of human thought (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) We are the accidental result of an unplanned process... the fragile result of an enormous concatenation of improbabilities, not the predictable product of any definite process (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) We must [it has been arued] go beyond reductionism to a holistic recognition that biology and culture interpenetrate in an inextricable manner (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Without a commitment to science and rationality in it's proper domain, there can be no solution to the problems that engulf us. Still, the Yahoos never rest (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Life is a copiously branching bush, continually pruned by the grim reaper of extinction, not a ladder of predictable progress (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process, constrained by history, follows perforce (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) [Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) World views are social constructions and they channel the search for facts. But facts are found and knowledge progresses, however fitfully (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes) Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree (Stephen Jay Gould Quotes)

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