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“...life is a collection of phenomena at the boundary between order and chaos.”
― The Copernicus Complex: Caleb A. Scharf
― The Copernicus Complex: Caleb A. Scharf
“Nothing’s fair and nobody knows anything. That’s just the way it is.” He looked at my puzzled expression. “You don’t understand. Don’t worry, what I’m saying doesn’t make any sense.”
― Suder
― Suder
“Our place in the universe is special but not significant, unique but not exceptional. The Copernican Principle is both right and wrong, and it’s time we acknowledge that fact.”
― The Copernicus Complex: Caleb A. Scharf
― The Copernicus Complex: Caleb A. Scharf
“So why do we wait for it instead of making it happen?”
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
“However, some scientists argue for what’s called convergent evolution, the idea that there are only a finite number of useful biological blueprints, and that evolution will always drift toward them. For complex organisms, this argument has been used to help explain how similar “camera eyes” exist in both vertebrates (like humans) and cephalopods (like squid), even though we and they are on evolutionary tracks that parted a very long time ago.”
― The Copernicus Complex: Caleb A. Scharf
― The Copernicus Complex: Caleb A. Scharf
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