I Am Certain There Is Too Much

Human Intelligence Was More Trouble Than It Was Worth. It Was More Destructive Than Creative, More Confusing Than Revealing, More Discouraging Than Satisfying, More Spiteful Than Charitable.

The Romantic View Of The Natural World As A Blissful Eden Is Only Held By People Who Have No Actual Experience Of Nature. People Who Live In Nature Are Not Romantic About It At All. They May Hold Spiritual Beliefs About The World Around Them, They May Have A Sense Of The Unity Of Nature Or The Aliveness Of All Things, But They Still Kill The Animals And Uproot The Plants In Order To Eat, To Live. If They Don't, They Will Die.

Historically, The Claim Of Consensus Has Been The First Refuge Of Scoundrels; It Is A Way To Avoid Debate By Claiming That The Matter Is Already Settled. Whenever You Hear The Consensus Of Scientists Agrees On Something Or Other, Reach For Your Wallet, Because You're Being Had. The Greatest Scientists In History Are Great Precisely Because They Broke With The Consensus.

Do You Know What We Call Opinion In The Absence Of Evidence? We Call It Prejudice.

Theories Are Just Fantasies. And They Change.