“Today, the 4-billion-year-old regime of natural selection is facing a completely different challenge. In laboratories throughout the world, scientists are engineering living… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Thinking is computation, I claim, but that does not mean that the computer is a good metaphor for the mind. The mind… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“We biologists often use the phrase “Mother Nature” to refer to the entire system of Nature that we see around us, but… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“...play [is] an instinct developed by natural selection ... and ... on a level with the other instincts which are developed for… — Karl Groos Copy Share Image
Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of noise natural… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“When one ponders on the tremendous journey of evolution over the past three billion years or so, the prodigious wealth of structures… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“Once, on a walk by a river- Eskdale in low reddish sunlight, with a dusting of snow- his daughter quoted to him… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“What to call it - the spark of God? Survival instinct? The souped-up computer of an apex brain evolved from eons in… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
“Natural beauty, for Darwin, was not just aesthetic; it always reflected function and adaptation at work. Orchids were not just ornamental, to… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“Timeline of History Years Before the Present 13.5 billion Matter and energy appear. Beginning of physics. Atoms and molecules appear. Beginning of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“More about the selection theory: Jerne meant that the Socratic idea of learning was a fitting analogy for 'the logical basis of… — Niels Kaj Jerne Copy Share Image
“This is direct evidence of evolution. We share so much with our placental mammalian cousins because we all had a common ancestor… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
“From Hellstrom’s Hive Manual. The significant evolutionary achievement of the insects, more than a hundred million years ago, was the reproductive neuter.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The idea that humans will always have a unique ability beyond the reach of non-conscious algorithms is just wishful thinking. The current… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In giving rise to man, the evolutionary process has, apparently for the first and only time in the history of the Cosmos,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“[Adapted and condensed Valedictorian speech:] I'm going to ask that you seriously consider modeling your life, not in the manner of the… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
![“...play [is] an instinct developed by natural selection ... and ... on a level with the other instincts which are developed for their utility. It is very near, in its origin and function, to the instinct of imitation, but yet they are distinct … Its utility is, in the main, twofold: First, it…” quote by Karl Groos](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2c5/karl-groos-64240_instinct_play-is-an-instinct-developed-by-natural_203566.jpg)
![“[Adapted and condensed Valedictorian speech:] I'm going to ask that you seriously consider modeling your life, not in the manner of the Dalai Lama or Jesus - though I'm sure they're helpful - but something a bit more hands-on, Carassius auratus auratus, commonly known as the domestic goldfish…” quote by Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9df/marisha-pessl-1802_clear-water_adapted-and-condensed-valedictorian-spee_1863158.jpg)
