In 1993 the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould compared Paley to Voltaire's Doctor Pangloss, the man who could argue any case (however hopeless).
En 1993 o biólogo evolutivo Stephen Jay Gould comparou a Paley co personaxe do Doutor Pangloss das obras de Voltaire, o home que podería argumentar calquera caso (mesmo sen esperanza).