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Book cover for There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World by Carlo Rovelli

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It is the fantasy of those who rule that nothing will change.

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“What opens our minds and shows the limits of our ideas is an encounter with other people, other cultures, other ideas.”
― Carlo Rovelli, The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy

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“But, whatever you do, do not let the past be a straitjacket!”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

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“However, if your understanding of a science extends only to the point where your political preconceptions are supported, then you are an ideologue, not a scientist.”
― Adam Rutherford, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

tags: genetics, politics, science, science-reporting

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“Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance”
― Albert Maysles

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“The press loves a heretic, especially one who can set fire to things and then walk away to look for the next pile of kindling. It is more problematic when the arsonist is in the heart of government, but is ill informed and, worse, spellbound by a science that is barely understood by experts, let alone tourists.”
― Adam Rutherford, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

tags: genetics, politics, science

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