We have become, by the power of a glorio... by Stephen Jay Gould

Author Science scientist Evolution Paleontologist

We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.

- Stephen Jay Gould

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Innovation Nothing

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.

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World

We pass through this world but once.

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Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism – and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.

- Stephen Jay Gould

Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail.

- Stephen Jay Gould

The most important tactic in an argument next to being right is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.

- Stephen Jay Gould

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