Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Randolph M. Nesse

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Randolph M. Nesse.
Last updated on November 7, 2024.
Randolph M. Nesse

Randolph M. Nesse is an American physician, scientist and author who is notable for his role as a founder of the field of evolutionary medicine and evolutionary psychiatry. He is professor of life sciences and ASU Foundation Professor at Arizona State University, where he became the Founding Director of the Center for Evolution and Medicine in 2014. He was previously a professor of psychiatry, professor of psychology and research professor at the University of Michigan where he led the Evolution and Human Adaptation Program and helped to establish one of the world’s first anxiety disorders clinics and conducted research on neuroendocrine responses to fear.

The body is a bundle of careful compromises. — © Randolph M. Nesse
The body is a bundle of careful compromises.
I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can't prove.
If you could make male mortality rates the same as female rates, you would do more good than curing cancer.
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.
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