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Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. – James Lovelock

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One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You dont know it. – James Lovelock

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There arent just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it. Its our evolutionary history. – James Lovelock

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If it hadnt been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. – James Lovelock

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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat. – Mary Douglas

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Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development – an insight came from that book. – Robert Reed

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