Crying Wolf Is A Real Danger.

Before The Bbc, I Joined The Navy In Order To Travel.

If I Were Beginning My Career Today, I Don't Think I Would Take The Same Direction. Television Is At A Crossroads At The Moment. And Although I Am Not Up To Date Technologically, I Suspect That Somewhere Out There People Are Conveying Things About Natural History By Means Other Than Television, And I Think If I Were Beginning Today, I'd Be There.

Climate Change Will Affect The Whole Of Humanity, While Terrorist Attacks Will Only Affect A Small Section Of Humanity. Of Course, You Wouldn't Say That If You Were Related To Someone Who Had Been Beheaded Or Blown Up Or Murdered. But Humanity Is Facing A Very Big, Slow, Long, Drawn-out Threat, And That Is To Do With The Way The Weather Is Changing And The Size Of The Population.

Now, I Find That Very Difficult To Reconcile With Notions About A Merciful God.

Sentimentalising Is Anathema, As Far As I Am Concerned. It Leads You Into Ethical Problems About Violence And Killing And Eating Meat. The Whole World Becomes Topsy-survy If You Impose Moralities That Were Evolved Within Human Society On What A Blowfly Or What A Parasite Does... There Are Lots Of Emotions You Can Deduce From An Animal's Behaviour That Are Correct, But When You Start Saying It's Feeling Guilty Or Thinking Or A Loved One Or Mourning, You Must Be Very Careful Of Those Feelings.