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- There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the Sun and its…
- The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands or millions of…
- A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars. Because it was reminiscent of…
- The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is…
- It bears mentioning that the Milky Way is only one of 150 billion galaxies visible to our telescopes - and each of these will have…
- If this is the only planet on which not only life, but intelligent life, has arisen, that would be very unusual.
- Consider: The human genome consists of about 3.3 billion base pairs. Since there are only four types of pair, that amounts to 0.8 gigabytes of…
- The limitless content of our universe might be only one instance of a large (and possibly infinite) number of other universes.
- The next time you check your moves in the mirror and reflect on how special you are, consider that somewhere in this universe or in…
- The era during which only governments could put hardware on the Moon is coming to an end. There are 26 private teams competing for the…
- Consider: Life arose on Earth close to four billion years ago. Four billion years of slithering, swimming, and soaring life forms. But only in the…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle