Randolph M. Nesse Quotes

• The body is a bundle of careful compromises.

  Randolph M. Nesse

  Body, Compromise, Bundles

  Randolph M. Nesse, George C. Williams (2012). “Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine”, p.12, Vintage

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• I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can't prove.

  Randolph M. Nesse

  Believe, Science, People

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• Natural selection involves no plan, no goal, and no direction — just genes increasing and decreasing in frequency depending on whether individuals with those genes have, relative to other individuals, greater or lesser reproductive success.

  Randolph M. Nesse

  Goal, Individual, Natural

  Randolph M. Nesse, George C. Williams (2012). “Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine”, p.14, Vintage

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• If you could make male mortality rates the same as female rates, you would do more good than curing cancer.

  Randolph M. Nesse

  Cancer, Males, Female

  "Help Save Men and Help Cure Breast Cancer" by Jed Diamond, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2013.

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