Eric Chaisson quotes
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“The two go hand in hand like a dance: chance flirts with necessity, randomness with determinism. To be sure, it is from this interchange that novelty and creativity arise in Nature, thereby yielding unique forms and novel structures.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.213, Columbia University Press
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“Science is agnostic when it comes to god; not atheistic, as some people prefer to read that laden word wrongly; just agnostic.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.254, Columbia University Press
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“Though we might like to think so, humankind is not at any special, unique or privileged location in the gargantuan, perhaps infinite, Universe.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.84, Columbia University Press
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“Apparently, myths become truths if upheld long enough.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.418, Columbia University Press
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“Not that chance dominated events in the early Solar System, for scientific determinism was also functioning. But chance is an essential factor in all evolutionary events, and the birth and development of our planetary system were not exceptions.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.212, Columbia University Press
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“At every level in our inventory, nothing seems special about our Earth, our Sun, our Galaxy, our Local Group. Evidently, mediocrity reigns throughout. Such is our niche in the Universe.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.90, Columbia University Press
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“Let's first ask, what is life? And immediately we are stumped.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.250, Columbia University Press
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“Researchers argue that it's of utmost importance to unravel the nature of black holes, lest we someday begin to worship them. Sounds ridiculous, but whole segments of humankind have often revered the unknowable, venerating that which cannot be tested experimentally. Come to think of it, many still do in twenty-first-century society.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.101, Columbia University Press
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“Given enough time, even evolution evolves.”
-- Eric ChaissonSource : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.435, Columbia University Press
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“Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.”
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Source : Charley Harper (1994). “Beguiled by the wild: the art of Charley Harper”, Flower Valley Pr
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“So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.”
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Source : Alan Watts (2017). “Psychotherapy East & West”, p.7, New World Library
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