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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution read more
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And read more
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there’s nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.
This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express
in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. read more
This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express
in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called "natural
selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle
for life."
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent
homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent
homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.
While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.
If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork read more
If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine read more
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist--
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.