I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
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I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first time I came to the Comedy Festival some nutcase shot a bunch of people in Tasmania. I thought, 'Oh, that's… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
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“Our dietary problems arise from a mismatch between the tastes evolved for Stone Age conditions and their likely effects today. Fat, sugar,… — Randolph M. Nesse Copy Share Image
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The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state... But both theories fail.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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For the theory-practice iteration to work, the scientist must be, as it were, mentally ambidextrous; fascinated equally on the one hand by… — George E. P. Box Copy Share Image
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You can *END* all types of things such as hate, anger, aggression, jealousy, grudges, temper, rage, arguments, relationships, fights, personal vendettas, beefs,… — C-DASH Copy Share Image
The dimmed outlines of phenomenal things all merge into one another unless we put on the focusing-glass of theory, and screw it… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
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I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
The U theory suggests that the central integrating thought ... will emerge from building three integrated capacities: a new capacity for observing… — Betty Sue Flowers Copy Share Image
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“spacetime is flat, that about 5 per cent of the mass of the Universe is in the form of baryons (including bright… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
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I am also, I must confess, a little sceptical of the theory that we have a right, if we could, to pass… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
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