All Richard Lewontin Quotes
- The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all of society as… All
- The primary problem is not to provide the public with the knowledge of how far it is to the nearest star and what genes are… Accept
- Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept… Absolute
- When the wrong question is being asked, it usually turns out to be because the right question is too difficult. Scientists ask questions they can… Answer
- We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many… Absurdity
- An ecosystem, you can always intervene and change something in it, but there's no way of knowing what all the downstream effects will be or… Affect
- To appeal to an omnipotent deity is to allow that at any moment the regularities of nature may be ruptured, that miracles may happen. Allow