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François Jacob (1977) — with respect to natural selection — has called ‘tinkering.’ He uses whatever method will get him at the moment most conveniently...

was a British writer of spy novels and a former spy himself. See also: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People Where I kick myself is where I think...

(born 1963) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who is currently Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law...

everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets. The knowledge we get by tinkering, via trial and error, experience, and the workings of time, in other words...

to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. Abe Fortas, (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969). In order for...

Heidegger’s major ideas were sufficiently protean that with a bit of tinkering they could easily be adopted by the left, which they were. Following the...

international war. It means change without hope. Our immediate duty — in that tinkering which is the only useful form of action in our leaky old tub — our immediate...

"Evolution and Tinkering", Science, volume 196 (10 June 1977) p. 1162 Natural selection … works like a tinkerer. François Jacob, "Evolution and Tinkering", Science...

tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today. Henry Ford, interview in Chicago Tribune...

elementary particles... is clearly nonsense. François Jacob, "Evolution and Tinkering," Science (June 10, 1977) Vol. 196, No. 4295 Great courageous spirits...

if complex connection to political radicalism, to system-changing not tinkering. Melissa Benn "Making It", London Review of Books, Vol. 20, No. 3 (February...

provide more and more general answers. François Jacob, "Evolution and Tinkering," Science (June 10, 1977) Vol. 196, No. 4295 In the history of sciences...

978-1-84935-029-7.  Anarchism is not satisfied with remaining on the surface, merely tinkering to make a damaged world a little less damaging. It is a thoroughgoing...

strong should prey upon the weak. John Stuart Mill, "On Nature" (1884) Why tinker with the plain truth that we hurry the darker races to their graves in order...

innovation. That's an idea as old as America itself. We're a nation of tinkerers, and dreamers, and believers in a better tomorrow. Remarks about the first...

discipline, and a fundamental role in shaping minds. (In comparison, I only tinker with intellects already largely formed.) "The Dinosaur Rip-off", pp. 101–102...

lady. I gotta pee like a Russian racehorse. Marshall: Teamster. Mary: Tinker bell. Marshall: You sure it was a good idea flying down here, considering...

Scientific theories are not components of a world-view but tools we use to tinker with the world. Sweet Morality (p. 224) Religion is not a primitive type...

January 09, 2007 Even in those conformist years, though, rebels were tinkering at the edges. In 1939, Philly barber Joe Cirello, after experimenting...

her for breakfast. Who: Tinker Sawyer Notes: Having been shot several times by Benny, losing an ear and two fingers, Tinker is left lying on the ground;...