“According to Teleology, each organism is like a rifle bullet fired straight at a mark; according to Darwin, organisms are like grapeshot of which one hits something and the rest fall wide. For the teleologist an organism exists because it was made for the conditions in which it is found; for the Darwinian an organism exists because, out of many of its kind, it is the only one which has been able to persist in the conditions in which it is found. Teleology implies that the organs of every organism are perfect and cannot be improved; the Darwinian theory simply affirms that they work well enough to enable the organism to hold its own against such competitors as it has met with, but admits the possibility of indefinite improvement.” PerfectPossibilityEvolutionImprovementCompetitorsScience Vs ReligionDarwinAnalogyCharles DarwinTeleologyDarwinianTeleologist Book:Criticism on "The Origin of Species" Source: Criticism on "The Origin of Species"
“You are the first to arrive alive in fifty years. You are a puissant man. Arrival of the fittest is the doctrine of the Holy Darwin. Most scientific.” Cargo CultDarwinianSurvivalist SectsThe Stars My Destination Author:Alfred Bester
“For these two years I have been gravitating towards your doctrines, and since the publication of your primula paper with accelerated velocity. By about this time next year I expect to have shot past you, and to find you pitching into me for being more Darwinian than yourself. However, you have set me going, and must just take the consequences, for I warn you I will stop at no point so long as clear reasoning will take me further. {Letter of support to Charles Darwin on his theory of evolution}” ScienceSupportReasoningBiologyConsequencesDarwinCharles DarwinDoctrinesDarwinian Book:Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Source: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1