Unfortunately, in the field of evolution most explanations are not good. As a matter of fact, they hardly qualify as explanations at all; they are suggestions, hunches, pipe dreams, hardly worthy of being called hypotheses. — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
After observing mutations in fruit flies for many years, Professes Goldschmidt fell into despair. The changes, he lamented, were so hopelessly micro [insignificant] that… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in the field of evolution most explanations are not good. As a matter of fact, they hardly qualify as explanations at all; they… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
The two sides of the equation are the same. We have a tautology. The definition is meaningless. — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
Darwinism has failed in practice. The whole aim and purpose of Darwinism is to show how modern forms descended from ancient forms, that is,… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
When the most learned evolutionists can give neither the how nor the why, the marvels seem to show that adaptation is inexplicable. Yet those… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
The simplest case, where one is informed that a cat is black because it is black, may be harmless, though irritating and useless; but… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
This does not mean that the profession is about to abandon Darwin forever or indorse [sic] my views publicly. The situation remains much as… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
Natural selection is almost always handled in general temps . . This means that it has no explanatory power when specific problems arise. — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
![“After observing mutations in fruit flies for many years, Professes Goldschmidt fell into despair. The changes, he lamented, were so hopelessly micro [insignificant] that if a thousand mutations were combined in one specimen, there would still be no new species.” quote by Norman Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/58c/norman-macbeth-47158_despair_after-observing-mutations-in-fruit-flies_221683.jpg)
![“Darwinism has failed in practice. The whole aim and purpose of Darwinism is to show how modern forms descended from ancient forms, that is, to construct reliable phylogenies [evolutionary family trees]. In this it has utterly failed.” quote by Norman Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c4c/norman-macbeth-47158_aim_darwinism-has-failed-in-practice-the-who_744390.jpg)
![“The simplest case, where one is informed that a cat is black because it is black, may be harmless, though irritating and useless; but the actual cases [in statements of evolutionary theory] are always harder to detect than this, and may darken counsel for a long time.” quote by Norman Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e76/norman-macbeth-47158_black_the-simplest-case-where-one-is-informed_1618423.jpg)
![“This does not mean that the profession is about to abandon Darwin forever or indorse [sic] my views publicly. The situation remains much as it was: the inner circles are full of doubt, but the public utterances are confident. The doubts may be greater now and the confidence less serene, but it…” quote by Norman Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7bf/norman-macbeth-47158_abandon_this-does-not-mean-that-the-profession-i_1631513.jpg)
