Evolutionary Quotes

321 quotes by 235 authors

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture. — Steven Pinker
There's a common criticism of evolutionary psychology that it's fatalistic and it dooms us to eternal strife, 'Why even try to work toward peace if… — Steven Pinker
Commerce, trade and exchange make other people more valuable alive than dead, and mean that people try to anticipate what the other guy needs and… — Steven Pinker
Evolutionary psychologists seem to want to unmask our noblest motives as ultimately self-interested - to show that our love for children, compassion for the unfortunate… — Steven Pinker
Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age… — John Polkinghorne
It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as a term in the evolutionary process-in that part of the… — Herbert Read
Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism… — Jonathan Sacks
Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of… — Jonathan Sacks
I'm an anarchist. I'm implacably opposed to heirarchical systems of power and control. I also mistrust crowds, as they often operate according to their lowest… — Will Self
'So You Think You Can Dance' comes on as a high-minded leap up the evolutionary ladder from other reality shows - on this one, you're… — Rob Sheffield
From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is… — David Suzuki
The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or… — E. O. Wilson
What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts. — E. O. Wilson
Right and wrong are not simply matters of evolutionary impacts and what is natural. — Julian Baggini
Beautiful people are always with us, as evolutionary psychologists and a trip to the news-stand confirm. — Charles Jencks
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of… — Hanna Rosin
We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for… — Stephen Jay Gould
I live on Earth at present, and I donâ€™t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices. — Jared Diamond
In terms of evolutionary history, it was only yesterday that men learned to walk around on two legs and get in trouble thinking complicated thoughts.… — Haruki Murakami

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