Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.

Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

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The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never...

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never...

Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory

Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic...

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic...

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than...

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than...

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

In science, fact can only mean confirmed to such a degree that it would be...

In science, fact can only mean confirmed to such a degree that it would be...

We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the...

We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the...

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our...

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our...

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an...

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an...

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.

We pass through this world but once.

We pass through this world but once.

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of...

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of...

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of...

No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent...

No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Don't ever rush creativity.

Don't ever rush creativity.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...