“In science, fact can only mean confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent. I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.Quote by Stephen Jay GouldTopics: Quotes about Stephen Jay GouldShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...#Stephen Jay Gould
Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...#Creativity, #Criticism, #Evolution
We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the...#Stephen Jay Gould
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...#Revolution, #Science
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of...#Stephen Jay Gould
The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.#Stephen Jay Gould
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never...#Stephen Jay Gould
Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than...#Stephen Jay Gould