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"Tertullian's misogyny is unmatched. I suppose when you're seen as the cause of the fall of man and the death of Jesus, you'll be looked down upon a bit." — Feb 16, 2026 10:35AM
"Tertullian's misogyny is unmatched. I suppose when you're seen as the cause of the fall of man and the death of Jesus, you'll be looked down upon a bit." — Feb 16, 2026 10:35AM
Meaningful adaptation must be defined as actively evolved design for local circumstances, not mere muddling through with inherited features poorly suited to current needs.
“The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.”
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“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”
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“Scientists have power by virtue of the respect commanded by the discipline... We live with poets and politicians, preachers and philosophers. All have their ways of knowing, and all are valid in their proper domain. The world is too complex and interesting for one way to hold all the answers.”
― Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
― Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
“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.”
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“We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook. We may yearn for a ‘higher answer’– but none exists”
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