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This close relationship with chimpanzees and bonobos does not mean that humans evolved from them. They are our relatives, not our ancestors. We didn’t come from them any more than they came from us. What evolutionary theory predicts is that
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“We are a species poised between an awareness of our ultimate insignificance and an ability to reach far beyond our mundane lives, into the void, to solve the most fundamental mysteries of the cosmos.”
― The End of Everything [Astrophysically Speaking]
― The End of Everything [Astrophysically Speaking]
“What we see and what we touch Is stuff of dreams and mirages.”
― The Way of the Bodhisattva
― The Way of the Bodhisattva
“Altruism is not a moral or religious ideal, no matter what some people might tell you. It is an essential, biological part of who or what we are as a species.”
― Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
― Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
“Reading is an honor and a gift from a warrior or historian who—a decade or a thousand decades ago—set aside time to write. He distilled a lifetime of campaigning in order to have a “conversation” with you.”
― Call Sign Chaos
― Call Sign Chaos
“The opposite of a correct statement is an incorrect statement, but the opposite of a great truth may be another great truth.”
― Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
― Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
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The Baseball Book Club
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A book club for discussion of baseball related books, including major leagues, minor leagues, Japanese league, Negro leagues, EVERYTHING baseball! PLE ...more
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A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more
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