"To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to……" — Ernst Mayr
"To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate constructive criticism than to evade the issue."
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43 Quotes by Ernst Mayr
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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if…
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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms…
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Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object…
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More Constructive Quotes
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I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to…
— Warren Beatty
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You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one…
— Martha Beck
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Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really…
— Paula Abdul
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But more than anything else, we have learned that legal assistance for the poor, when properly provided, is one of…
— Richard M. Nixon
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International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point,…
— J. William Fulbright
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Discovery comes as a result of positive discontent, a constructive dissatisfaction. In fact, one might quite truthfully say that there…
— Unknown Author
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My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a…
— Margaret Chase Smith
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The more and more each is impelled by that which is intuitive, or the relying upon the soul force within,…
— Edgar Cayce
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What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the…
— Albert Einstein
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Simplicity has power. Founding our life on constructive, positive behavior is the simplest, most direct, and powerful approach I've ever…
— Dan Millman
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... [I]nfectious disease is merely a disagreeable instance of a widely prevalent tendency of all living creatures to save themselves…
— Hans Zinsser
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In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of…
— Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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