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“Definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult…” quote by Ernst Mayr — Download Open image

“Definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.”

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There is more to biology than rats, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis, and E. coli.

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“The funny thing is if in England, you ask a man in the street who the greatest living Darwinian is, he will say Richard…

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The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory…

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most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.

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I did not claim that speciation occurs only in founder populations.

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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 in transformational…

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In Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only one led to high intelligence ; this makes me…

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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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All I claimed was that when a drastic change occurs, it occurs in a relatively small and isolated population.

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A new species develops if a population which has become geographically isolated from its parental species acquires during this period of isolation characters which…

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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 condition of…

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Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts

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Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities…

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Roger Bannister

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I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun…

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You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a…

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For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts…

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One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you…

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All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts.

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If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice…

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So many times we come to Jesus in worship and ask Him for things that He already IS and has already done... What a…

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