Animal Quote by Richard Dawkins

Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Recently, results of the Human Genome Project have shattered one of Science's fundamental core beliefs, the concept of genetic determinism. We have been led…

— Bruce H. Lipton

Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.

— Matt Ridley

I see worries in the fact that we have the power to manipulate genes in ways that would be improbable or impossible through conventional…

— Colin Blakemore

Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything.

— Jane Goodall

Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.

— Ronald Fisher

“Evolution is surely most deterministic for those still unaware of it”

— Richard D. Alexander

Natural selection is anything but random.

— Richard Dawkins

“Biological determinism is a blight on science. It implies that the way things are is the way they must be. [...] This position is…

— John Horgan

“Darwinism is not a theory of random chance. It is a theory of random mutation plus non-random cumulative natural selection. Why, I wonder, is…

— Richard Dawkins

Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.

— Ernst Mayr

Even though we all have genetic predispositions, our health and aging aren't predetermined.

— Deepak Chopra