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“Who can dispute that all scientific work should be studied carefully and critically considered? And having an open mind is also an asset, but not so open that your brains fall out.”
― Cameron M. Smith, Top 10 Myths about Evolution

“To really understand nature, we have to do more than glance, and we have to think beyond our knee-jerk reaction that insists since we make things with intent, nature must also be made with intent. If we want to understand better than a child, we have to look harder, and think deeper.”
― Cameron M. Smith, Top 10 Myths about Evolution

“Humans do seem to be the most intelligent species on Earth, but this wasn't inevitable. Things could easily have turned out otherwise. If the chimplike ancestors of humans had not moved out of the forest and into the savanna, the whole course of human evolution might not have happened. If our early ancestors had been unable to adapt to their new environment, then chimpanzees might be the most intelligent animals on Earth without being much different than they are today.”
― Cameron M. Smith, Top 10 Myths about Evolution

“But mass media, of course, is about drama and unfolding stories, and every dramatist knows that without conflict, you have no story. And so the natural world has been dressed up as a vast and violent landscape of competition-the ultimate reality show, where real blood can be shed. Can the antelope corner tighter than the lion? Can the species survive? Will the "balance of nature" be upset? Television has taken Tennyson to heart, portraying nature as "red in tooth and claw," a world of savage predation, where survival of the fittest is the primary law.”
― Cameron M. Smith, Top 10 Myths about Evolution