Stephen Jay Gould Quote

No factual discovery of science (statements about how nature "is") can, in principle, lead us to ethical conclusions (how we "ought" to behave) or to convictions about intrinsic meaning (the "purpose" of our lives).


Dorothy, It's Really Oz, Time, August 23, 1999 (p. 59)


No factual discovery of science (statements about how nature is) can, in principle, lead us to ethical conclusions (how we ought to behave) or to...

No factual discovery of science (statements about how nature is) can, in principle, lead us to ethical conclusions (how we ought to behave) or to...

No factual discovery of science (statements about how nature is) can, in principle, lead us to ethical conclusions (how we ought to behave) or to...

No factual discovery of science (statements about how nature is) can, in principle, lead us to ethical conclusions (how we ought to behave) or to...