Darwinism Quote by Terrence Deacon

The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“In neither general nor special Darwinism should the 'strong' be confused for the 'colorful' or the 'noisy,' and the 'selection' process shan't ever stray…

— G Rodrigues

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.

— Ernst Mayr

“The more in tune we are with nature and the more we actually observe our surroundings, the easier it is for us to adapt…

— Warren Cassell Jr

“Aside from the decorum of ancient thought as opposed to the coarseness of fresh ink, I have spent some time phrasing the idea in…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Evolution is all about turning "bugs" into "features", turning "noise" into "signal", and the fuzzy boundaries between these categories are not optional; the opportunistic…

— Daniel C. Dennett

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

— Jonas Salk

“Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being.”

— Henry Gee

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

— Steven Pinker

Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational…

— Ernst Mayr

“Only a minority of biologists today hold that the variation of evolution cannot be random. In this point the minority are on more solid…

— Lee Spetner

“Darwin- I think the theory is: out of 'chaos' arises something that resembles 'design'. But it's all random.”

— Joyce Carol Oates