J.B.S. Haldane
universe queer suppose
“The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“The four stages of acceptance:
1. This is worthless nonsense.
2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.
3. This is true, but quite unimportant.
4. I always said so."
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
god nature creator fond stars beetle
“If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, and being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“Man armed with science is like a baby with a box of matches.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
man habit change instinct
“Man’s habits change more rapidly than his instincts.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“It took man 250,000 years to transcend the hunting pack. It will not take him so long to transcend the nation.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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“We can fortell little of the future save that the thing that has not been is the thing that shall be.”
― J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)