"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
Thursday, August 29, 2019
I'm adding this one to my list of favorite quotes. It's about reality.
Charles Darwin threw out Christianity. Did God send Charles Darwin to hell?
No, because storybook characters don't send real people to fictional places.
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