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Were uncomfortable about considering history as a science. Its cla

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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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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Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, Im optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history. – Jared Diamond

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History
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The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. – Albert Einstein

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Physics is imagination in a straight jacket. – John Moffat

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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? – Carl Sagan

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It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They werent going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. – Andrew Greeley

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Im not on a mission. Im not a paragon of health for anybody. Im not going to run a marathon or model for Mens Health or go on bike rides with Lance Armstrong. Im not. Trust me. – Duff Goldman

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