The enemy of science is irrationalism, not religion.
-- Stephen Jay Gould
-- Stephen Jay Gould
Related:
- In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that
it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that
apples might start to rise tomorrow,
but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics... - The argument that the literal story of Genesis can qualify as science
collapses on three major grounds:
the creationists' need to invoke miracles in order... - The spirit of Plato dies hard. We have been unable to escape the
philosophical tradition that what we can see and measure in the world
is merely the superficial and imperfect representation of an underlying
reality.
Stephen Jay Gould, "The Mismeasure of... - We who revel in nature's diversity and feel instructed by every animal
tend to brand Homo sapiens as the greatest catastrophe since the Cretaceous
extinction.
Stephen Jay... - Creation science" has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple
and so basic that we often forget to mention it:
because it is false, and because good teachers understand... - Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on
the geological clock.
Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our... - If we are still here to witness the destruction of our
planet some five billion years or more hence,
then we will have achieved something so unprecedented... - We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be
more extensive than the stunting of life,
few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity... - Anybody can make a fortune. It takes genius to hold on to one.
- Jay...
From the same category:
- rm -f
... - Gerald Ford was unknown throughout America.
Now he's unknown throughout the world... - Now, if I could get my hands on this General
Failure...... - So, how's your love life?
Still holding your own... - SMILEY
o-)...
