JMJones0424 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 The megalomania of the genes* does not mean that benevolence and cooperation cannot evolve, any more than the law of gravity proves that flight cannot evolve. It means only that benevolence, like flight, is a special state of affairs in need of an explanation, not something that just happens... Thus, benevolence (and other social motives) must be dragged into the spotlight rather than treated as part of the furniture. The Blank Slate Steven Pinker *Dawkins would say "The selfishness of genes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 never give a sword to someone who can't dance. ~ confucius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldcreation Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 "Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach." "The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences." ~Brian Eno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 it is easy to be brave from a safe distance. ~ æsop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 when something moves, nothing gets out of its way. ~roger thelonious george Southtown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldcreation Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Southtown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? f. nietzsche Turtle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 open here i flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,in there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;but, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -perched upon a bust of pallas just above my chamber door -perched, and sat, and nothing more.~ edgar allen poe ~ DFINITLYDISTRUBD and JMJones0424 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMJones0424 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 My new favorite thing, Blackout Poetry By wanderlust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. Enrico Fermi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dduckwessel Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 "Before the beginning of great brilliance,there must be chaos." - Fortune Cookie Is this true I wonder or does it just sound good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 "Before the beginning of great brilliance,there must be chaos." - Fortune Cookie Is this true I wonder or does it just sound good? erm sounds like my mind just before creative genius :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. Alfred Stieglitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. Terry Pratchett coldcreation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldcreation Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.~John Lennon pamela 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined Henry David Thoreau coldcreation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. Arthur Schopenhauer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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