I am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural selection before and not after most of them were convinced that evolution had occurred.
The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
The four stages of acceptance:1. This is worthless nonsense.2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.3. This is true, but quite unimportant.4. I always said so.(Review of The Truth About Death, in: Journal of Genetics 1963, Vol. 58, p.464)