We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.
タグ: stewardship, science, life, intelligence, ecology

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I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.
タグ: wonderful, writing, think, science
I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me.
タグ: becoming, general, scared, me
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
タグ: know, never, think, best
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.
タグ: follow, seeds, political, people
A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.
タグ: doing, hate, work, love
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