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Quote by George Gaylord Simpson

“The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.”

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George Gaylord Simpson

George Gaylord Simpson was a renowned paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, known for his extensive research on dinosaurs and ancient reptiles. His work has had a profound impact on modern paleontology and evolutionary theory. more

“The earliest and most primitive known members of every order already have the basic ordinal characters, and in no case is an approximately continuous sequence from one order to another known. In most cases the break is so sharp and the gap so large that the origin of the order is speculative and much disputed.”

Character Order Known Break Cases Members Gaps Primitive Fossils Sequence

Author:George Gaylord Simpson

“Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned. He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material.”

Men Mind Matter States Form Order Process Animal Results Materials Species Materialistic Primates

Book:The Meaning of Evolution

Source: The Meaning of Evolution

“People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. BecauHse people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”

People Want Believe Might Motivational Lying Motivation Given Stupid Being True Willful Ignorance

Author:Zedd

“I fear no secret of a person I trust, and he has no need to fear mine. It is part of being friends.”

Needs Persons Secret Mines