The very large brain that humans have, plus the things that go along with it - language, art, science - seemed to have evolved only once. The eye, by contrast, independently evolved 40 times. So, if you were to 'replay' evolution, the eye would almost certainly appear again, whereas the big brain probably wouldn't.
Copy QuoteOur scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Copy Quote View & ShareScience and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
Copy Quote View & ShareA scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Copy Quote View & ShareScience is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.
Copy Quote View & ShareScientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
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