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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 of man. I find the result profoundly humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals."
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"Things remain paranormal, as long as we scientists don't reveal the underlying physical processes."
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"If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat."
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"The disruption of science is one which abandons the method and seeks to conquer grounds outside its territory. It is not at all religion but this pseudo-science that is the enemy of science."
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"You can't understand depth of science, unless you challenge the published scientific data."
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"The important concept of the solar wind is that Space is not empty. It is an energy and particle filled environment that interacts with whatever is in it! Astronomers call this 'Dark Energy'."
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"You can put the human mind and body into strange states through the use of alien environments."
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"The vitamin, mineral, metal and oil content of the human body drastically alters its reactivity to radiation exposures."
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"Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way affected by every other piece of matter in the Universe, it is in theory possible to extrapolate the whole of creation - every sun, every planet, their orbits, their composition and their economic and social history from, say, one small piece of fairy cake."
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"Neuroanatomy, political history, and introspection all offer evidence that human beings are quite capable of resisting the urge to surrender to every impulse of reptilian core of brain."
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"You squeeze the eyedropper, and a drop of pond water drips out onto the microscope stage. You look at the projected image. The drop is full of life - strange beings swimming, crawling, tumbling; high dramas of pursuit and escape, triumph and tragedy. This is a world populated by beings far more exotic than in any science fiction movie..."
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"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
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"The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives."
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"Never let your education interfere with your learning."
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"Ah, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh."
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"By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean."
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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work."
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"Work is a necessary evil to be avoided."
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"You can find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of your imagination. You may not see your ears, but they will be there."
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"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
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"What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."
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