Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. Stephen Jay Gould deepdenialextensive share on social
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. Stephen Jay Gould arcanecultureforeign Change image and share on social
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. Stephen Jay Gould erroneousquestionscrutinize Change image and share on social
Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light. Stephen Jay Gould deathdieenemy Change image and share on social
There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon. Stephen Jay Gould academicbadlygrow Change image and share on social
Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty. Stephen Jay Gould blindconstraindangerous Change image and share on social
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown. Stephen Jay Gould followhopejudgment Change image and share on social
Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion. Stephen Jay Gould branchconstantevolution Change image and share on social
All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation. Stephen Jay Gould amidstbiologistessence Change image and share on social
