#evolution

Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#bringing #evolutionary #four #human #human nature

Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#course #earth #evolution #here #life

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

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If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#certainly #experience #many #revolutions #science

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

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I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#business #foolish #grandeur #guerrilla #had

We're all like little ants who scurry around with the materials that are at hand right now. Each generation finds new materials. Its just evolution, isn't it? ↗

— Beth Orton

#around #each #evolution #finds #generation

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ↗

— George Orwell

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