I've Been To Nepal, But I'd Like

Human Beings, Because We're So Clever, Have Removed Every Single One Of Those Population Limiting Factors... So Nothing Controls Our Increase In Numbers Except Our Own Wish. Since I First Started Making Television Programs, The Population Of The World Has Increased Three Times. That's An Extraordinary Notion. Can It Increase Four Times? Can It Increase Five Times? The Earth Is A Finite Size. So A Point Will Eventually Come When We Run Out Of Food, When We Run Out Of Space And When We Will Have Destroyed Most Of The Natural World. So Ought We To Do Something About It Before That Happens?

The More You Go On, The Less You Need People Standing Between You And The Animal And The Camera Waving Their Arms About.

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.

Terrorism Is An Immediate Problem That People Are Very Concerned About, And I Am As Concerned About That As Anyone Else. But It Isn't An Either Or Situation.

The Correct Scientific Response To Something That Is Not Understood Must Always Be To Look Harder For The Explanation, Not Give Up And Assume A Supernatural Cause.