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• We may consequently state the fundamental theorem of Natural Selection in the form: The rate of increase in fitness of any organism…
• Inductive inference is the only process known to us by which essentially new knowledge comes into the world.
• If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at one in…
• No isolated experiment, however significant in itself, can suffice for the experimental demonstration of any natural phenomenon; for the "one chance in…
• We have usually no knowledge that any one factor will exert its effects independently of all others that can be varied, or…
• No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one…
• Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
• In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.
• I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting such teaching…
• The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.
• The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern…
• We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the right of…

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