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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."Carl Sagan
"Science demands a tolerance for ambiguity."Carl Sagan
"A central tenet of science is that all claims must be open to testing and criticism."Carl Sagan
"What is the difference between science and religion? In science you can change your mind when presented with evidence."Carl Sagan
"Science is the search for truth. It is not a tool for power, but for understanding."Carl Sagan
"Science has been the most effective human tool for understanding the world."Carl Sagan
"Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge."Carl Sagan
"Science is not a body of dogma that you have to believe. It is a tool for understanding the world."Carl Sagan
"Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion."Stephen Jay Gould
"The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."Stephen Jay Gould
"The greatest scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance."Stephen Jay Gould
"Paleontology teaches us that most species are static for the duration of their existence."Stephen Jay Gould
"The fossil record is the primary text of evolutionary history."Stephen Jay Gould
"Variation within a species is the raw material of evolution."Stephen Jay Gould
"Science must remain humble before the complexity of nature."Stephen Jay Gould
"The strength of a theory lies in its ability to make testable predictions."Stephen Jay Gould
"Evolution explains the unity and diversity of all living things."Stephen Jay Gould
"Complexity arises not from design but from iterative processes."Stephen Jay Gould
"The fossil record reveals punctuation, not continuum."Stephen Jay Gould
"Science progresses through the collision of ideas with evidence."Stephen Jay Gould
"The history of life is written in stone and bone."Stephen Jay Gould
"Variation is the engine of evolution and innovation."Stephen Jay Gould
"Natural selection is a blind process that sees with precision."Stephen Jay Gould
"Science is the best tool we have for understanding reality."Stephen Jay Gould
"The power of science lies in its self-correcting nature."Stephen Jay Gould
"Understanding evolution enriches our appreciation of life."Stephen Jay Gould
"The fossil record is a textbook written by time itself."Stephen Jay Gould
"Evolution is both fact and theory, observation and explanation."Stephen Jay Gould
"We understand ourselves better by understanding our evolutionary past."Stephen Jay Gould
"Evolution explains not why things happen but how they came to be."Stephen Jay Gould