Quote by James Lovelock
There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has impr

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. – James Lovelock

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What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: Crumbs, have I made a mistake here? If you dont have that continuously, you really are up the creek. The good sceptics have done a good service, but some of the mad ones I think have not done anyone any favours. – James Lovelock

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Science
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If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. – James Lovelock

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I dont think were yet evolved to the point where were clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you cant really do anything meaningful. – James Lovelock

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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. – W. H. Auden

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It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right. – Thomas Carlyle

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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. – H.L. Mencken

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The Establishment center… has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster – a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. – George McGovern

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