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I wont compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of

I wont compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way. – Lewis Thomas

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At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future. – Lewis Thomas

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Future
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Lewis Thomas
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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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Lewis Thomas
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The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. – Lewis Thomas

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Education
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communication
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Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people dont understand the language that youre singing in, they still know good music when they hear it. – Lou Rawls

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communication

No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. – Michel de Montaigne

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communication

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication. – Trevor Dunn

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communication

Writing is a communication. – Theodore Sturgeon

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communication

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Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it. – Robert H. Schuller

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Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. – William Shakespeare

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Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health. – David Suzuki

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