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Stephen Jay Gould — Portrait after a picture by Lawrence Lipke (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Stephen Jay Gould

American biologist and historian of science

1941–2002

4 quotes, most often on Science.

In science, ‘fact’ can only mean ‘confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.’ I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
Often credited to G. K. Chesterton
- Science
The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten (much as we can easily destroy our puny selves).
Bully for Brontosaurus (1991), Prologue, pp. 16–17
- Nature
Great theories are expansive; failures mire us in dogmatism and tunnel vision.
Eight Little Piggies (1993), “More Light on Leaves”, p. 165
- Ideas
- Science
If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.
Ever Since Darwin (1977), “The Reverend Thomas’ Dirty Little Planet”, p. 141
- Religion
- Science

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