“The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as a trade secret of Paleontology. Evolutionary trees that adorn our textbooks have data only at the tips and nodes of their branches; the rest is inference, however reasonable, not the evidence of fossils.” FormSecretRecordsTreeEvolutionEvidenceTradeExtremesDataBranchesReasonablePersistFossilsTextbooksInferenceRarityPaleontologyCreation ScienceCreation And Evolution Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“The widespread interest in gossip is inspired, not by a love of knowledge but by malice: no one gossips about other people's secret virtues, but only about their secret vices. Accordingly most gossip is untrue, but care is taken not to verify it. Our neighbour's sins, like the consolations of religion, are so agreeable that we do not stop to scrutinise the evidence closely.” PeopleCareInterestSinSecretVirtueTakenEvidenceInspiredVicesGossipConsolationNeighbourMaliceUntrueVerify Book:On Education Source: On Education
“Advertising is prima facie evidence that the man who pays believes that advertising is good. It has brought great results to others, it must be good for him. So he takes it like some secret tonic which others have endorsed. If the business thrives, the tonic gets the credit. Otherwise, the failure is due to fate.” IfsMenBelieveResultsPaySecretFateHe ManEvidenceCreditDuesBe GoodAdvertisingThriveGreat Results Book:Scientific Advertising - Masters of Marketing Secrets: From the First Great Copywriter Source: Scientific Advertising - Masters of Marketing Secrets: From the First Great Copywriter
“We know the secret police's methods, and the way the archive and registry were run - that's how we know. We've also found evidence from the Bolek file cited in other files.” KnowsWayRunningFoundSecretEvidencePoliceMethodFilesArchivesSecret Police Author:Slawomir Cenckiewicz
“I noticed a long time ago that the Universe rewards belief systems. It doesn't really matter what you believe - it'll be there and waiting for you if you go and look for it. Decide the universe is, say, run by secret enormous teddy bears, and I can guarantee you'll immediately start running across evidence that this is true.” IfsBelieveLooksLongI CanMatterRunningUniverseBeliefWaitingSecretBearsLong TimeEvidenceRewardsEnormousGuaranteesLong Time AgoBelief SystemsWaiting For YouTeddyTeddy Bear Author:Neil Gaiman