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The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of the Bible story.

~Aaron Klein

Topics: Also Bible Clearly Creation Darwinian Evolution Features Magic Monkey More Movie Newly Noah Occult Organism Released Scenes Seems Show Story Than Transforming

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We have enforced a Darwinian process on wolves, turning them into the shy and elusive animals they've become. They didn't have that fear of us 30,000 years ago. We didn't have gunpowder; we had rocks. Wolves would have seen us as lunch, and we were weak and slow and tasty.

~Bruce Cameron

Topics: Animals Become Darwinian Elusive Enforced Fear Gunpowder Had Lunch Process Rocks Seen Shy Slow Tasty Them Turning Us Weak Were Wolves Would Years Years Ago

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If you take Darwinian theory, make a 'scientific' principle out of it, put it into political action, then you have something like Nazi Germany.

~Bruce Lipton

Topics: Action Darwinian Germany Like Make Out Political Principle Put Scientific Something Take Then Theory You

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It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far.

~Cornelia Otis Skinner

Topics: Ape Appears Been Curious Darwinian Discover Disturbing Far My Own Occasions Oneself Own Revelations Spring Theory True Validity Very

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I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe.

~Daniel Dennett

Topics: Afraid Authors Being Creators Darwinian Happen Just Many Own People Places Right Role Scheme Terribly Things Things Happen Think Universe Where I Think

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If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after every triumph of human thought has been matched or surpassed by 'mere machines,' there will still be thinkers who insist that the human mind works in mysterious ways that no science can comprehend.

~Daniel Dennett

Topics: After Been Comprehend Darwinian Every Expect Future Good History Human Human Mind Insist Long Machines Matched Measure Mere Mind Mysterious Resistance Science Still The History Of Thinkers Thinking Thought Triumph Ways Who Will Works

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I still see life entirely through its Darwinian prism. I keep trying to shake off the aftereffects of writing 'The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead', and I find I can't.

~David Shields

Topics: About Darwinian Day Dead Entirely Find Keep Life Off One Day Prism See Shake Still Thing Through Trying Writing You

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Journalism is a Darwinian process.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Darwinian Journalism Process

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The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it lead to a - why did that adaptation ultimately lead to a species Homo sapiens that has come to dominate the planet today with six and a half billion people?

~Donald Johanson

Topics: About Adaptation Ask Billion Come Darwinian Did Dominate Half Homo Lead People Planet Prospective Question Right Six Species Today Ultimately Why

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The packaged food business environment is very Darwinian. You're fighting for survival every year; you evolve and grow or you die. It's really that simple.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Business Darwinian Die Environment Every Evolve Fighting Food Grow Packaged Really Simple Survival Very Year You

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