Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. Stephen Jay Gould deepdenialextensive share on social
My own field of paleontology has strongly challenged the Darwinian premise that life's major transformations can be explained by adding up, through the immensity of geological time, the successive tiny changes produced generation after generation by natural selection. Stephen Jay Gould addchallengedarwinian share on social
I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me. Stephen Jay Gould awedreamgeneral Change image and share on social
A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished. Stephen Jay Gould finishhatelab Change image and share on social
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. Stephen Jay Gould arcanecultureforeign Change image and share on social
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. Stephen Jay Gould erroneousquestionscrutinize Change image and share on social
Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light. Stephen Jay Gould deathdieenemy Change image and share on social
There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon. Stephen Jay Gould academicbadlygrow Change image and share on social
Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion. Stephen Jay Gould branchconstantevolution Change image and share on social