"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
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Somebody else wrote this. I'm adding it to my list of favorite quotes.
The problem of inferring 'god(s)' to explain things that you don't understand is that you stop trying to understand them. It's a dead end.
-- River Euphrates
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