The Mind, In Addition To Medicine, Has

When I Worked On The Polio Vaccine, I Had A Theory. I Guided Each [experiment] By Imagining Myself In The Phenomenon In Which I Was Interested. The Intuitive Realm . . . The Realm Of The Imagination Guides My Thinking.

I Think Of The Need For More Wisdom In The World, To Deal With The Knowledge That We Have. At One Time We Had Wisdom, But Little Knowledge. Now We Have A Great Deal Of Knowledge, But Do We Have Enough Wisdom To Deal With That Knowledge?

As A Bio-philosopher - As Someone Who Draws Upon The Scriptures Of Nature, Recognizing That We Are The Product Of The Process Of Evolution, And In A Sense, We Have Become The Process Itself - Through The Emergence And Evolution Of Our Consciousness, Our Awareness, Our Capacity To Imagine And To Anticipate The Future And To Choose From Amongst Alternatives.

There Is Hope In Dreams, Imagination, And In The Courage Of Those Who Wish To Make Those Dreams A Reality.

I Speak About Universal Evolution And Teleological Evolution, Because I Think The Process Of Evolution Reflects The Wisdom Of Nature. I See The Need For Wisdom To Become Operative. We Need To Try To Put All Of These Things Together In What I Call An Evolutionary Philosophy Of Our Time.