“In science's pecking order, evolutionary biology lurks somewhere near the bottom, far closer to phrenology than to physics. For evolutionary biology is… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Paleontologist Niles Eldredge, a prominent evolutionist, said: 'The doubt that has infiltrated the previous, smugly confident certitude of evolutionary biology’s last twenty… — Niles Eldredge Copy Share Image
“What I should have said is that he thinks that there is a conflict between evolutionary biology and theism. Dennett thinks that… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
“Why has the medical profession not taken advantage of the help available from evolutionary biology, a well-developed branch of science with great… — Randolph M. Nesse Copy Share Image
If I may bend your ear for a moment, I like Terry Pratchett. I like footnotes. I like footnotes even when they… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
If I want to know how we learn and remember and represent the world, I will go to psychology and neuroscience. If… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
“The irony, and inherent tension, of evolutionary biology is that this search for rational coherence - for "consilience," as Wilson likes to… — Abigail Lustig Copy Share Image
“In many species, males pay for sex. For example, among black ticked hanging flies, an amorous male will present a female with… — Steve Stewart-Williams Copy Share Image
“Across generations, wariness of new individuals, groups, and ideas was built into the circuits of the human brain's alarm response because those… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
"Methodological naturalism" and "metaphysical naturalism" are terms that often surface in the continuing battle between evolutionary biology and creationism/intelligent design. The methodological… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
“True. And there are an infinite number of universes, of course, in which we don't exist at all - that is, no… — Fredric Brown Copy Share Image
“Prediction in a complex world is a chancy business. Every decision that a survival machine takes is a gamble, and it is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
