Curiosity Quote by Frans de Waal

“The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.”

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“on August 16, 1996, when an eight-year-old female gorilla named Binti Jua helped a three-year-old boy who had fallen eighteen feet into the primate exhibit at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. Reacting immediately, Binti scooped up the boy and carried him to safety. She sat down on a log in a stream, cradling the boy in her lap, giving him a few…

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Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.

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Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive.

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