"The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the……" — Ronald Fisher
"The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change."
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21 Quotes by Ronald Fisher
Ronald Fisher has 21 quotes on this site.
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We may consequently state the fundamental theorem of Natural Selection in the form: The rate of increase in fitness of…
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Inductive inference is the only process known to us by which essentially new knowledge comes into the world.
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If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at…
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No isolated experiment, however significant in itself, can suffice for the experimental demonstration of any natural phenomenon; for the "one…
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We have usually no knowledge that any one factor will exert its effects independently of all others that can be…
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No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or,…
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Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
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In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.
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I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting…
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The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.
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The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively…
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We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the…
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We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
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Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which…
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I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union…
— David Cameron
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The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment…
— Kenneth E. Boulding
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We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like…
— Yvon Chouinard
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I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
— Winston Churchill
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Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative…
— Sven Birkerts
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We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that…
— Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
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America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful,…
— Edna Ferber
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I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in…
— Unknown Author
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Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to…
— Saul Alinsky
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We have a brain for one reason and one reason only - and that's to produce adaptable and complex movements.
— Daniel Wolpert
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