Quotes about Natural selection

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Nature deemed God worthy and hence chose it as her slave to serve the humans appearing as the master. — Abhijit Naskar, 7 Billion Gods: Humans Above All
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that i — Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and th — Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. — Theodosius Dobzhansky
What are the chances that we will one day discover that DNA has absolutely nothing to do with inheritance? They are effe — Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitti — Charles Darwin
I am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural selectio — J.B.S. Haldane
The most essential prediction of Darwinism is that, given an astronomical number of chances, unintelligent processes can — Michael J. Behe
The very comprehensibility of the world points to an intelligence behind the world. Indeed, science would be impossible — William A. Dembski, The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design
That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But — Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God
There is nothing ideal in Nature, because it was not created by some sort of ideal Almighty Being with perfect peerless — Abhijit Naskar, The Education Decree
Desire for beauty will endure and undermine the desire for truth. — Richard O. Prum, The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us
Biology is run by intricate cellular mechanisms. Cellular mechanisms are run by Nature. Thus, the more we attempt to und — Abhijit Naskar, What is Mind?
Our present intricate humanly consciousness evolved after a long journey of struggle. And the beauty of natural selectio — Abhijit Naskar, Homo: A Brief History of Consciousness
When I see the moon on a clear night, I do say "blessed be" and I remind myself to be grateful to the universe that I ha — Thomm Quackenbush, Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
Sexual conflict occurs when one mating partner has an opportunity to increase its fitness at a cost to the other partner — Todd K. Shackelford and Aaron T. Goetz
For a man, the optimal evolutionary strategy is to disseminate his genes as widely as possible, given his few minutes (o — Abhijit Naskar, Neurosutra: The Abhijit Naskar Collection
In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, — Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seem — Natalie Angier
Nature might be a great experimentalist, but one who would never pass muster with an ethics review board – contravening — Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies