Without a commitment to science and rationality in its proper domain, there can be no solution to the problems that engulf us. Still, the Yahoos never rest.

Details are all that matters; God dwells in these and you never get to see Him if you don't struggle to get them right.

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.

Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology.

No rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent pathways of history.

Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail.

Forelimbs of people, porpoises, bats and horses provide the classic example of homology in most textbooks. They look different, and do different things, but are built of the same bones. No engineer, starting from scratch each time, would have built such disparate structures from the same parts.