Matías López

“How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, Culture forbids.’ Biology is willing to tolerate a very wide spectrum of possibilities. It’s culture that obliges people to realize some possibilities while forbidding others. Biology enables women to have children – some cultures oblige women to realize this possibility. Biology enables men to enjoy sex with one another – some cultures forbid them to realize this possibility. Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, קיצור תולדות האנושות

“When a man is certain that he knows God’s will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world.”
― Ken Follett, A Column of Fire

“People often accuse me of tearing up tradition, but what is tradition, apart from peer pressure from dead people?”
― Magid Magid, The Art of Disruption: A Manifesto For Real Change

“If we can prevent something bad, without sacrificing anything of comparable significance, we ought to do it.”
― Peter Singer, The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically