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Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes

Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts -- some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole Picture Quote #1

Pat answers to complex problems are the hallmark of intellectual mediocrity Picture Quote #1

The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth Picture Quote #1

The living world is not a single array... connected by unbroken series of intergrades Picture Quote #1

No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful Picture Quote #1

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution Picture Quote #1

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Nature’s stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest Picture Quote #1

There is no doubt that human survival will continue to depend more and more on human intellect and technology. It is idle to argue whether this is good or bad. The point of no return was passed long ago, before anyone knew it was happening Picture Quote #1

Natural selection must be replaced by eugenical artificial selection. This idea constitutes the sound core of eugenics, the applied science of human betterment Picture Quote #1

An accident, a random change, in any delicate mechanism can hardly be expected to improve it. Poking a stick into the machinery of one’s watch or one’s radio set will seldom make it work better Picture Quote #1

The more we know, the better we realize that our knowledge is a little island in the midst of an ocean of ignorance Picture Quote #1

Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence of the environment, to greater and greater autonomy of individuals, greater and greater development of sense organs and nervous systems conveying and processing information about the state of the organism’s surroundings, and finally greater and greater consciousness. You can call this direction progress or by some other name Picture Quote #1

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Marxists are more right than wrong when they argue that the problems scientists take up,. the way they go about solving them, and even the solutions they arc inclined to accept, arc conditioned by the intellectual, social, and economic environments in which they live and work Picture Quote #1

Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can only be doubted by those who are ignorant of the evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks or plain bigotry Picture Quote #1

Evolutionary plasticity can be purchased only at the ruthlessly dear price of continuously sacrificing some individuals to death from unfavourable mutations. Bemoaning this imperfection of nature has, however, no place in a scientific treatment of this subject Picture Quote #1

No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species Picture Quote #1

Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution Picture Quote #1

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Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts -- some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole. (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Pat answers to complex problems are the hallmark of intellectual mediocrity (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) The living world is not a single array... connected by unbroken series of intergrades (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Nature’s stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) There is no doubt that human survival will continue to depend more and more on human intellect and technology. It is idle to argue whether this is good or bad. The point of no return was passed long ago, before anyone knew it was happening (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Natural selection must be replaced by eugenical artificial selection. This idea constitutes the sound core of eugenics, the applied science of human betterment (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) An accident, a random change, in any delicate mechanism can hardly be expected to improve it. Poking a stick into the machinery of one’s watch or one’s radio set will seldom make it work better (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) The more we know, the better we realize that our knowledge is a little island in the midst of an ocean of ignorance (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence of the environment, to greater and greater autonomy of individuals, greater and greater development of sense organs and nervous systems conveying and processing information about the state of the organism’s surroundings, and finally greater and greater consciousness. You can call this direction progress or by some other name (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Marxists are more right than wrong when they argue that the problems scientists take up,. the way they go about solving them, and even the solutions they arc inclined to accept, arc conditioned by the intellectual, social, and economic environments in which they live and work (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can only be doubted by those who are ignorant of the evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks or plain bigotry (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Evolutionary plasticity can be purchased only at the ruthlessly dear price of continuously sacrificing some individuals to death from unfavourable mutations. Bemoaning this imperfection of nature has, however, no place in a scientific treatment of this subject (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes) Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution (Theodosius Dobzhansky Quotes)