Quote by Freeman Dyson
The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall

The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence. – Freeman Dyson

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Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science. – Freeman Dyson

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It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. – Freeman Dyson

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If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. – Freeman Dyson

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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence. – Vernor Vinge

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Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. – Ethel Waters

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There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them. – George Orwell

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Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there. – Emma Goldman

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