Simon Conway Morris Quotes

That there is an evolution of one sort or another is now common ground among scientists. Whether or not that evolution is directed is another question.

The Theory of Evolution has had over a million chances to be wrong, but never has been.

[Evolution] doesn't mean God-guided, gradual creation. It means unguided, purposeless change. The Darwinian theory doesn't say that God created slowly. It says that naturalistic evolution is the creator, and so God had nothing to do with it.

People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.

We should learn to understand natural selection, so that we can oppose any tendency to apply it to human politics.

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is the only workable explanation that has ever been proposed for the remarkable fact of our own existence, indeed the existence of all life wherever it may turn up in the universe.

Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it. I mean philosophers, social scientists, and so on. While in fact very few people understand it, actually, as it stands, even as it stood when Darwin expressed it, and even less as we now may be able to understand it in biology.

Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.

Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory, we should still be justified in preferring it over all rival theories.

If evolution is true, you could not know that it’s true because your brain is nothing but chemicals. Think about that.

A curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it.

You know what, evolution is a myth. ... Why aren't monkeys still evolving into humans?

The Theory of Evolution has been proved true

Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found.

I'll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders. We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.

Natural Selection is not Evolution. Yet, ever since the two words have been in common use, the theory of Natural Selection has been employed as a convenient abbreviation for the theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection, put forward by Darwin and Wallace. This has had the unfortunate consequence that the theory of Natural Selection itself has scarcely ever, if ever, received separate consideration.

The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.

The equation of evolution with progress represents our strongest cultural impediment to a proper understanding of this greatest biological revolution in the history of human thought.

Evolution has never found a way to be any speed but very slow.

My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution. I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don't think it explains individual species evolution at all well.

Most Americans have their head in the sand about evolution.

Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.

Darwinian evolution is unscientific, unobservable, unbelievable, but understandable in a world that hates God.

The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.