Stephen Jay Gould on Success
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Stephen Jay Gould, catalogued under success, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Stephen Jay Gould, entry #35260: "Darwinian Fundamentalism" - Gould's response to Daniel Dennett and other critics"
Attributed to Stephen Jay Gould, entry #216740: "Darwinian natural selection only yields adaptation to changing local environments, and better function in an immediate habitat might just as well be achieved by greater simplicity…"
3 Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould on Success
"Darwinian Fundamentalism" - Gould's response to Daniel Dennett and other critics"
"Darwinian natural selection only yields adaptation to changing local environments, and better function in an immediate habitat might just as well be achieved by greater simplicity in form and behavior as by ever-increasing complexity."
"Debate is an art form. It is about the winning of arguments. It is not about the discovery of truth. There are certain rules and procedures to debate that really have nothing to do with establishing fact—which creationists have mastered. Some of those rules are: never say anything positive about your own position because it can be attacked, but chip away at what appear to be the weaknesses in your opponent's position. They are good at that. I don't think I could beat the creationists at debate. I can tie them. But in courtrooms they are terrible, because in courtrooms you cannot give speeches. In a courtroom you have to answer direct questions about the positive status of your belief. We destroyed them in Arkansas. On the second day of the two-week trial we had our victory party!"