Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
Richard DawkinsStichwörter: evolution
Perhaps he knew, there in the grass by the waters, that he had before him an immense journey.
Loren EiseleyStichwörter: life journey evolution
What's the matter? What's the antimatter? Does it antimatter?
Wes "Scoop" NiskerStichwörter: existence evolution physics
Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false.
Richard DawkinsStichwörter: education evolution
Existing political philosophies all developed before evolutionary game theory, so they do not take equilibrium selection into account. Socialism pretends that individuals are not selfish sexual competitors, so it ignores equilibria altogether. Conservatism pretends that there is only one possible equilibrium—a nostalgic version of the status quo—that society could play. Libertarianism ignores the possibility of equilibrium selection at the level of rational social discourse, and assumes that decentralized market dynamics will magically lead to equilibria that yield the highest aggregate social benefits. Far from being a scientific front for a particular set of political views, modern evolutionary psychology makes most standard views look simplistic and unimaginitive.
Geoffrey MillerStichwörter: politics evolution
Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political theory have mostly been attempts to shift male human sexual competitiveness from physical violence to the peaceful accumulation of wealth and status. The rights to life, liberty, and property are cultural inventions that function, in part, to keep males from killing and stealing from one another while they compete to attract sexual partners.
Geoffrey MillerStichwörter: politics ethics sex evolution
Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.
Daniel C. DennettStichwörter: science philosophy evolution darwin
We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history.
Neil ShubinStichwörter: evolution
One-third to one-half of humanity are said to go to bed hungry every night. In the Old Stone Age the fraction must have been much smaller. This is the era of hunger unprecedented. Now, in the time of the greatest technical power, is starvation an institution. Reverse another venerable formula: the amount of hunger increases relatively and absolutely with the evolution of culture.
Marshall SahlinsStichwörter: technology evolution culture anthropology hunger starvation hunters stone-age
Many older physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse---and without examining evidence which their “common sense” told them was impossible.
Robert A. HeinleinStichwörter: evolution
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