Author: Stephen Jay Gould

Quotes

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans.

Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

- Stephen Jay Gould

A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.

A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.

- Stephen Jay Gould

All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.

All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.

- Stephen Jay Gould

We pass through this world but once.

We pass through this world but once.

- Stephen Jay Gould

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