I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“Science is a cosy, friendly club of specialists who follow their numerous different stars; it is proud and wonderfully productive but never… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
No one who has experienced the intense involvement of computer modeling would deny that the temptation exists to use any data input… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: 'Crumbs, have I made a… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The apologists for space science always seem over-impressed by engineering trivia and make far too much of non-stick frying pans and perfect… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. Yet,… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“City wisdom became almost entirely centered on the problems of human relationships, in contrast to the wisdom of any natural tribal group, where relationships… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“When we burn fossil fuel for energy we are, in qualitative terms, doing nothing more wrong than burning wood. Our wrongdoing, if that is… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed almost constant,… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle.… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of the land… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
