“There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so.” ShouldReasonEnoughHumanityEvolutionProveEqualIntellectualCapacityUniversalFirmHeritageReservesAnticipateEqual Power Book:Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science Source: Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science
“Moving forward will not be for the faint of heart. But if the next century witnesses failure, let it be because our science is not yet up to the job, not because we don't have the courage to make less random the sometimes most unfair courses of human evolution.” IfsHumansHeartSometimesJobsMovingCoursesNextCenturyEvolutionMoving ForwardWitnessUnfairHuman EvolutionFaint Of Heart Book:A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society Source: A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society
“Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.” FactsTodayScienceReligiousPrinciplesAtheismTheoryEvolutionAcceptedDoctrineReasoningMinoritiesObjectionsFundamentalistTheory Of EvolutionAdherenceZoologist Book:Molecular Biology of the Gene Source: Molecular Biology of the Gene
“I don't think we are here for anything. We're just products of evolution. You can say, "Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don't think there's a purpose." But I'm anticipating a good lunch.” IfsThinkingPurposeProductsEvolutionMindfulnessLunchBleak Author:James D. Watson
