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- It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather…
- Science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. ..even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith the existence…
- People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -…
- Most research into life's murky origin has been carried out by chemists. They've tried a variety of approaches in their attempts to recreate the first…
- Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied evolved from a…
- So how can we test the idea that the transition from nonlife to life is simple enough to happen repeatedly? The most obvious and straightforward…
- I suppose my interest in looking for life elsewhere in the universe really dates back to my teens. What teenager doesn't look up at the…
- "Are we alone in the universe?" This is a question which goes back to the dawn of history, but for most of human history it…
- Most life on Earth is microbes. we've only just scratched the surface of the microbial realm. Probably less than .1% of microbes have been classified…
- You've got to get away from the idea cancer is a disease to be cured. It's not a disease really. The cancer cell is your…
- Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast,…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — 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 most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster