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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study…
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It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be…
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I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.
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On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist…
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
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A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
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There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual…
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Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and…
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores…
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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one…
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Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as…
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
— Hannah Arendt
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Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that…
— Charles Spurgeon
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be…
— Ernst Mayr
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Conversion does not mean a change of outward appearance; rather it requires a change of mind and results in a transformed life.
— Unknown Author
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No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind
— Willis Harman
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We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history- a change in the actual belief structure of Western society.…
— Willis Harman
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We are natural mind changing entities until we are 10 or so. But as we get older...then it is very hard to…
— Howard Gardner
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Repentance is more than just sorrow for the past; repentance is a change of mind and heart, a new life of denying…
— J I Packer
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Simply with a change of mind, you can change your life.
— Deepak Chopra
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Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change…
— Marcus Aurelius
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I am carrying out my plan, so long formulated, of keeping a journal. What I most keenly wish is not to forget…
— Eugene Delacroix
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Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden, the way they do in the Arabian Nights. They can also take a…
— Ken Kesey
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