It Is Curious How Often

It Is Curious How Often Erroneous Theories Have Had A Beneficial Effect For Particular Branches Of Science.

As A Consequence, Geneticists Described Evolution Simply As A Change In Gene Frequencies In Populations, Totally Ignoring The Fact That Evolution Consists Of The Two Simultaneous But Quite Separate Phenomena Of Adaptation And Diversification.

The Major Novelty Of My Theory Was Its Claim That The Most Rapid Evolutionary Change Does Not Occur In Widespread, Populous Species, As Claimed By Most Geneticists, But In Small Founder Populations.

The Most Consequential Change In Man's View Of The World, Of Living Nature And Of Himself Came With The Introduction, Over A Period Of Some 100 Years Beginning Only In The 18th Century, Of The Idea Of Change Itself, Of Change Over Periods Of Time: In A Word, Of Evolution.

Evolution ... Is Opportunistic, Hence Unpredictable.