Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.

What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.

I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.

We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.

People would rather believe than know.

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.

The human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.