Stephen Jay Gould on Death
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Stephen Jay Gould, catalogued under death, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Stephen Jay Gould, entry #166434: "Guessing right for the wrong reason does not merit scientific immortality."
Attributed to Stephen Jay Gould, entry #76898: "It has become, in my view, a bit too trendy to regard the acceptance of death as something tantamount to intrinsic dignity. Of course I agree with the preacher of Ecclesiastes tha…"
3 Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould on Death
"Guessing right for the wrong reason does not merit scientific immortality."
"It has become, in my view, a bit too trendy to regard the acceptance of death as something tantamount to intrinsic dignity. Of course I agree with the preacher of Ecclesiastes that there is a time to love and a time to die - and when my skein runs out I hope to face the end calmly and in my own way. For most situations, however, I prefer the more martial view that death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light."
"The problem may be briefly stated: What does "median mortality of eight months" signify in our vernacular? I suspect that most people, without training in statistics, would read such a statement as "I will probably be dead in eight months" - the very conclusion that must be avoided, since it isn't so, and since attitude matters so much."