The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only…

Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to...

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to...

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...

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 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...

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...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American...

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American...