Matt Ridley: Citations en anglais
Source: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 1. Human Nature
“Evolving is not a goal but a means to solving a problem.”
Source: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 2. The Enigma
“Determinism looks backwards to the causes of the present state, not forward to the consequences.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 22 “Free Will” (p. 307)
“That life is chemistry is true but boring, like saying that football is physics.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 1 “Life” (p. 15)
“The politicisation of the issue has had absurd results.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 18 “Cures” (p. 253; referring to genetic engineering)
“Judges were never very good at science.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 9 “Disease” (p. 136)
“If you still thought evolution was about the good of the species, stop thinking so right now.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter X and Y “Conflict” (p. 113)
“In egalitarian societies, genes matter more.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 6 “Intelligence” (p. 86)
“No study of the causes of intelligence has failed to find a substantial heritability.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 6 “Intelligence” (p. 82)
“Genes are recipes for both anatomy and behaviour.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 2 “Species” (p. 37)
“In other words, a record of our past is etched into our genes.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 2 “Species” (p. 35)
“Life consists of the interplay of two kinds of chemicals: proteins and DNA.”
Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 1 “Life” (p. 17)
“Human beings accumulate about one hundred mutations per generation.”
Introduction (p. 10)
Genome (1999)
