Ideas Quote by Daniel Dennett

Reverse Darwinism: survival of the most idiotic.

— Alan Grant

“The only way in which Darwin's data made sense was to suppose that species battled for survival, and that evolution came when one slight…

— Diarmaid MacCulloch

“In Victorian times, one of the more serious reasons for opposing Darwin was the fear that his theories would lead to the law of…

— Gary B. Ferngren

Let us understand Darwinism so we can walk in the opposite direction when it comes to setting up society.

— Richard Dawkins

People say I am against Darwin. That is ridiculous.

— Lynn Margulis

Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.

— Ian Hacking

The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.

— Elliott Sober

“But the very fact that Darwinism is true makes it even more important for us to fight against the naturally selfish and exploitative tendencies…

— Richard Dawkins

“Darwin caused controversy, not merely because his ideas contradicted Genesis, but because they fell foul of the way in which Genesis had been read…

— Andrew Louth

“In Victorian times, one of the more serious reasons for opposing Darwin was the fear that his theories would lead to the law of…

— Gary B. Ferngren

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of…

— Konrad Lorenz