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Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction – namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. – Jared Diamond

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Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology wont create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today. – Jared Diamond

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Technology
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Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isnt long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws weve got in this country. – Jared Diamond

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environmental
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Were uncomfortable about considering history as a science. Its classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific. – Jared Diamond

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Winning is the science of being totally prepared. – George Allen, Sr.

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Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable. – Walter Lang

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I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. – Lewis Thomas

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I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Sevens wonderful. – Jeri Ryan

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Theres a rule of thumb in politics. If youre at a point where youre complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, thats probably a sign that youre losing. – Laura Ingraham

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. – Confucius

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I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the pack the kids into the car and run from here to there out of the equation. – Ree Drummond

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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. – Honore de Balzac

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