Facts Quote by Hilary Kornblith

I do agree with Stich that a quick move from our evolutionary origins to the reliability of our cognitive mechanisms is not legitimate. As…

— Hilary Kornblith

The fact that we have been able to develop a successful science, which issues in ever more accurate predictions and broader explanations, is the…

— Hilary Kornblith

If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable.

— Alvin Plantinga

If it is true that an influx of doubt and uncertainty actually marks periods of healthy growth in a science, then evolutionary biology is…

— Niles Eldredge

“Evolution is no more than the perpetuation of error.”

— Steve Jones

Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.

— Ernst Mayr

When things get bad enough, then something happens to correct the course. And it's for that reason that I speak about evolution as an…

— Jonas Salk

I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience.

— Jonas Salk

As the number of unexplained, irreducibly complex biological systems increases, our confidence that Darwin's criterion of failure has been met skyrockets toward the maximum…

— Michael Behe

“...given sufficient ignorance, one can doubt evolution....”

— Steven E. Landsburg

Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language…

— Robert A. Burton

Like anything else, knowledge must evolve.

— Deepak Chopra