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<blockquote>One of the naturalists had argued that <i>On the Origin of Species</i> was too theoretical, that Darwin should have just "put his facts before us and let them rest." In response, Darwin reflected that science, to be of any service, required more than list making; it needed larger ideas that could make sense of piles of data. Otherwise, Darwin said, a geologist "might as well go into a gravel-pit and count the pebbles and describe the colours." Data without generalizations are useless; facts without explanatory principles are meaningless.<br> | |||
<div align=right>Michael Shermer<br>Why Darwin Matters. The Case Against Intelligent Design. (page 1)</div></blockquote> | |||
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Revision as of 21:38, 9 April 2007
Quotations
It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the
leading causes of statistics.
Fletcher Krebel
Reader's Digest (December 1961)
One of the naturalists had argued that On the Origin of Species was too theoretical, that Darwin should have just "put his facts before us and let them rest." In response, Darwin reflected that science, to be of any service, required more than list making; it needed larger ideas that could make sense of piles of data. Otherwise, Darwin said, a geologist "might as well go into a gravel-pit and count the pebbles and describe the colours." Data without generalizations are useless; facts without explanatory principles are meaningless.
Michael Shermer
Why Darwin Matters. The Case Against Intelligent Design. (page 1)
Forsooths
He (Persi Diaconis) proved that it takes seven shuffles to perfectly randomize a pack of cards.
Justin Mullins
New Scientist
March 24-30, 2007, p 52
Contributed by Laurie Snell.
We were eleven people obtaining those 30.000 millions. I want the 11% that corresponds to me.
A politician of Madrid in a phone dialogue recorded by the police.
El Pais
20th October, 2006,
Contribted by Carlos Silva.
Statistics in the history of smoking
The Cigarette Century: The rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America
Allan M. Brandt, 600 pp.
Basic Books, 2007, Amazon $23.76.
To be continued.