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George Gaylord Simpson
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“Exobiology - a curious development in view of the fact that this "science" has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists!”
George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Simpson in: Elie Alexis Shneour (1966) Extraterrestrial Life: An Anthology and Bibliography. p. 269
“Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.”
George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George Gaylord Simpson (1967) The Meaning of Evolution, revised edition. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 345.
“I don't think that evolution is supremely important because it is my specialty; it is my specialty because I think it is supremely important.”
George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in: (2004) Evolution, Modern Library. p. 250
“It is another aphorism that no ones knows everything about anything. That need not dull the pleasure and fascination of the fact that a great deal is known about some things.”
George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Splendid Isolation (1980) New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 38