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Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and that every organism is capable of increasing its numbers in sufficiently favorable circumstances.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Based Capable Circumstances Darwin Empirical Every Favorable Generalizations Go His Increasing Inherited Numbers Organism Organisms Out See Strictly Sufficiently Theory Variations Vary Were You

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I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Adaptation Assumption Book Criticism Directed General Individuals Main Rather Simply Species Than Think I Think

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I am convinced that it is the light and the way.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Am Convinced Light Way I Am

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Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Body Crossing Descendant Digestive Each End Ever Forward Had Human Human Body Involved Itself Much Other Respiratory Since System Systems Then Throat Two Very

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The general rule is that anything that is passed on in reproduction does not undergo senescence.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Anything Does General General Rule Passed Reproduction Rule Undergo

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Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Anything Avoid Evolving Extinction Human Most Otherwise Special Threatened

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Many traditional religions foster attitudes that ought to have disappeared as biological understanding accumulated over the last century.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Accumulate Attitudes Biological Century Disappeared Foster Last Last Century Many Ought Over Religions Traditional Understanding

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The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Doubt Fallacy Fertilization Happened Implies Never Process Simple Whether

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Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Against Anything Avoidance Because Being Fight God Good Job Like Much Nothing Powerful Rebellion Something Strictly Than Weaker Which Wise Would You

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The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Arises Decisions Gradually Help Human Human Life Life Making Much Only Personal Policy Public Public Policy Realistic View Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: May 12th, 1926

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