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- It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we…
- Almost all aspects of life are engineered at the molecular level, and without understanding molecules we can only have a very sketchy understanding of life…
- An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at…
- Again the message to experimentalists is: Be sensible but don't be impressed too much by negative arguments. If at all possible, try it and see…
- A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong
- If, for example, all the codons are triplets, then in addition to the correct reading of the message, there are two incorrect readings which we…
- Finally one should add that in spite of the great complexity of protein synthesis and in spite of the considerable technical difficulties in synthesizing polynucleotides…
- It seems likely that most if not all the genetic information in any organism is carried by nucleic acid - usually by DNA, although certain…
- If the code does indeed have some logical foundation then it is legitimate to consider all the evidence, both good and bad, in any attempt…
- Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action.
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle