"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes.
"How much better am I than God? I've never forced anyone to worship me, I've never murdered billions of people for not wanting to worship me, when I do good I don't want people to praise me for it, I've never enslaved two entire species for my own glory, and if I ever died to save someone, I wouldn't want anyone to know, and I certainly wouldn't use it to get people to worship me."
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