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The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin

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"التغيرات في ظروف الحياة تؤدي إلى ميل للزيادة في القابلية للتمايز، وهذا سوف يكون ملائما بصورة واضحة للانتقاء الطبيعي، وذلك بمنحه فرصة أفضل لحدوث تمايزات مفيدة. وإذا لم يحدث ذلك، فإن الانتقاء الطبيعي لا يستطيع أن يقوم بشيء" — Jun 20, 2017 06:38PM

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Ruba’s Quotes

“When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones.”
― Guillaume Musso, Will You Be There?

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“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
― Carl Sagan

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“The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
― Carl Sagan, Contact

tags: optimism, seti, universe

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“لماذا كان أباطرة روما وعامة الشعب يحبون مشاهدة العبيد يمزقون بعضهم؟ لماذا لم يكسب الفقر الفقراء رحمة؟ ليت أحد علماء الاجتماع يفسر لي هذا.. على قدر علمي يختلف مزاج الأباطرة تمامًا عن مزاج عامة الشعب، فلماذا يتفق المزاجان في شيء واحد هو القسوة؟”
― يوتوبيا .. احمد خالد توفيق

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“There were long stretches of DNA in between genes that didn't seem to be doing very much; some even referred to these as "junk DNA," though a certain amount of hubris was required for anyone to call any part of the genome "junk," given our level of ignorance.”
― Francis S. Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief