Most Scientific Problems Are Far Better Understood

The History Of Science Knows Scores Of Instances Where An Investigator Was In The Possession Of All The Important Facts For A New Theory But Simply Failed To Ask The Right Questions.

Indeed, I Was Unable To Find Any Evidence Whatsoever Of The Occurrence Of A Drastic Evolutionary Acceleration And Genetic Reconstruction In Widespread, Populous Species.

In Those Early Years In New York When I Was A Stranger In A Big City, It Was The Companionship And Later Friendship Which I Was Offered In The Linnean Society That Was The Most Important Thing In My Life.

Living In An Entirely Different Physical As Well As Biotic Environment, Such A Population Would Have Unique Opportunities To Enter New Niches And To Select Novel Adaptive Pathways.

On The Other Hand, Famous Evolutionists Such As Dobzhansky Were Firm Believers In A Personal God. He Would Work As A Scientist All Week And Then On Sunday Get Down On His Knees And Pray To God. Frankly I've Never Been Able To Understand It Because You Would Need Two Totally Different Compartments In Your Brain, One That Deals With Religion And The Other With Everything Else.