Quote by Daniel Dennett
Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad ra

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently – the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs good tricks. – Daniel Dennett

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In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past. – Daniel Dennett

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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesnt need its brain anymore so it eats it! – Daniel Dennett

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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it. – Daniel Dennett

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Luck is the residue of design. – Branch Rickey

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Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far. – Kevin Kelly

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Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be. – Dennis Conner

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Retail is detail. – James Gulliver

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What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give. – David Ogden Stiers

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