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- In the great debates of early-nineteenth century geology, catastrophists followed the stereotypical method of objective science-empirical literalism. They believed what they saw, interpolated nothing, and…
- The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as a trade secret of Paleontology. Evolutionary trees that adorn our textbooks have data…
- Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory ...
- Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I do…
- The literal record was not a hopelessly and imperfect fraction of truly insensible gradation within large populations but an accurate reflection of the actual process…
- If evolution almost always occurs by rapid speciation in small, peripheral isolates, then what should the fossil record look like? We are not likely to…
- 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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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
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- We have a way of dealing with information that has sort of personal - personally identifying information in it. But there are… — Julian Assange
- A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. — Diane Ackerman
- I had to get out of my record deal that I signed with my previous band and get a full solo record… — Sebastian Bach
- No, if it was up to me every record would be brand new studio material but Atlantic records asked me to put… — Sebastian Bach
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- That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil… — Lester Bangs
- I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play… — Erykah Badu
- The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in… — Lord Acton
- As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have… — David Baldacci
- To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or… — Ansel Adams