John Smith
Politician
"How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms."
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Mutation
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B. F. Skinner
Psychologist, Behaviorist
"The evolution of cultures appears to follow the pattern of the evolution of species. The many different forms of culture which arise correspond to the "mutations" of genetic theory. Some forms prove to be effective under prevailing circumstances and others not, and the perpetuation of the culture is determined accordingly."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"If the mutation is partially transmitted to offspring, they too would have the advantage. And over time it might have come to dominate a small breeding group."
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time."
Seth Lloyd
Computer Scientist
"Programmed by quanta, physics gave rise first to chemistry and then to life; programmed by mutations and recombination, life gave rise to Shakespeare; programmed by experience and imagination, Shakespeare gave rise to Hamlet."
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"All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to."
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"We have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise as mutations are selected or discarded by their consequences, so novel forms of behavior are selected or discarded through reinforcement."
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"New Orleans is a glorious mutation"
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"You are a side effect," Van Houten continued, "of an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation."
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