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Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works. – Lewis Thomas

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The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. – Lewis Thomas

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Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television. – Lewis Thomas

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War
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The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music. – Lewis Thomas

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Science
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Except in very narrow cases, where theres breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you cant out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, youre toast anyway. – Eric Ries

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Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time. – Doris Lessing

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We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space. – Nick Lampson

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Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. – Huston Smith

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