“ I found many scientists with private doubts, ” writes Francis Hitching in his book The Neck of the Giraffe, “and a handful who went so far as to say that Darwinian evolutionary theory had turned out not to be a scientific theory at all. ” Chandra Wickramasinghe, a highly acclaimed British scientist, takes a similar position.
« Kam hasur shumë shkencëtarë që kanë dyshime personale, — shkroi Fransis Hitçing në një libër të tij, — dhe disa prej tyre kanë arritur të thonë se teoria darviniane e evolucionit nuk është treguar aspak shkencore. » — The Neck of the Giraffe.