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> [A poet sees a flower and can go on and on about how beautiful the colors are. But what the poet doesn't see is the xylem and the phloem and the pollen and the thousands of generations of breeding and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/a-poet-sees-a-flower-and-can-go-on-and-on-about-how-beautiful-the/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

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## More by George M. Church

> [This is a whole new era where we're moving beyond little edits on single genes to being able to write whatever we want throughout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/this-is-a-whole-new-era-where-we-re-moving-beyond-little-edits-on/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [A poet sees a flower and can go on and on about how beautiful the colors are. But what the poet doesn't see is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/a-poet-sees-a-flower-and-can-go-on-and-on-about-how-beautiful-the/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [I have faith that science is a good thing. Seriously, I'd say that I am very much in awe of nature. In fact, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/i-have-faith-that-science-is-a-good-thing-seriously-i-d-say-that-i-am/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [“Getting E. coli to churn out jet fuel is nothing compared to T4 phage viruses getting the same bacterium to fabricate more of themselves;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/getting-e-coli-to-churn-out-jet-fuel-is-nothing-compared-to-t4-phage/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [The main goal is to increase diversity. The one thing that is bad for society is low diversity. This is true for culture or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/the-main-goal-is-to-increase-diversity-the-one-thing-that-is-bad-for/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [The recreation of Neanderthals would be mainly a question of societal risk avoidance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/the-recreation-of-neanderthals-would-be-mainly-a-question-of-societal/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [Faith is a very powerful force in the history of humanity. So I greatly respect different kinds of faith. Just as I think diversity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/faith-is-a-very-powerful-force-in-the-history-of-humanity-so-i/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

> [Neanderthals might think differently than we do. We know that they had a larger cranial size. They could even be more intelligent than us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-church/neanderthals-might-think-differently-than-we-do-we-know-that-they-had/)

[George M. Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-church/)

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