Stephen Jay Gould Quote

But all evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence. Variation is the hard reality, not a set of imperfect measures for a central tendency. Means and medians are the abstractions.


The Median Isn't the Message (1985)


But all evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence. Variation is the hard reality, not a set of...

But all evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence. Variation is the hard reality, not a set of...

But all evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence. Variation is the hard reality, not a set of...

But all evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence. Variation is the hard reality, not a set of...