Cases Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

11 Cases quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

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Gould’s eleven observations weave evolutionary thinking into discussions of law, showing how scientific perspective can illuminate legal debates. It’s a succinct collection for readers who enjoy interdisciplinary insight.

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The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to…

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The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the "liberal" rhetoric…

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... many folks take them seriously because they just 'know' that evolution can never be seen in the immediate here and now.…

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In his anti-Darwinian book... (and eponymously named The Neck of the Giraffe ), Francis Hitching tells the story... "The need to survive…

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Evolving life must experience a vast range of possibilities, based on environmental histories so unpredictable that no realized route - the pathway…

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As in 1925, creationists are not battling for religion. They have been disowned by leading church men of all persuasions, for they…

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If we choose a weak and foolish speculation as a primary textbook illustration (falsely assuming that the tale possesses a weight of…

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When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well…

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Hyper-selectionism has been with us for a long time in various guises; for it represents the late nineteenth century's scientific version of…

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When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than…

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A rare book at once of great importance and wonderful to read… Gould presents a fascinating historical study of scientific racism, tracing…

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I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme…

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History employs evolution to structure biological events in time.

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In his anti-Darwinian book... (and eponymously named The Neck of the Giraffe ), Francis Hitching tells the story... "The need to survive by reaching…

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... many folks take them seriously because they just 'know' that evolution can never be seen in the immediate here and now. In fact,…

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Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory ...

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Zoocentrism is the primary fallacy of human sociobiology, for this view of human behavior rests on the argument that if the actions of "lower"…

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The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.

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The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our…

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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…

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When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well (perhaps indispensably)…

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The truly awesome intellectuals in our history have not merely made discoveries; they have woven variegated, but firm, tapestries of comprehensive coverage. The tapestries…

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I believe that we can still have a genre of scientific books suitable for and accessible alike to professionals and interested laypeople. The concepts…

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