"Natural selection is a blind and undirected consequence of the interaction between variation and the environment. Natural selection exists only in the continuous present of the natural world: it has no memory of its previous actions, no plans for the future, or underlying purpose."

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Source : Henry Gee (1999). “In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life”, p.96, Cornell University Press

Henry Gee

#Memories Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Variation Quotes

“Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him.”
“Cooperation is just like two pagodas - one hardware and one software. Combined, we can take the leadership position in the world.”
“The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees.”
“When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.”

Source : Quoted in Hesketh Pearson Beerbohm (1956).
“Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
“Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.”

Source : Grantland Rice (1963). “The Best of Grantland Rice”
“The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.”
“The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.”

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