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Facts Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould
- Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and…
- Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts, even…
- Facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that…
- Facts do not 'speak for themselves'; they are read in the light of theory.
- World views are social constructions and they channel the search for facts. But facts are found and knowledge progresses, however fitfully.
- Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology…
- In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might…
- Still, our creationist incubi, who would never let facts spoil a favorite argument, refuse to yield, and continue to assert the absence of all transitional…
- ... many folks take them seriously because they just 'know' that evolution can never be seen in the immediate here and now. In fact, a…
- The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in…
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