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Science always uses metaphor....

Science always uses metaphor.

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If you start any large theory,...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so.

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Fudging the data in any way wh...

Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

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What I like about sceptics is ...

What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: 'Crumbs, have I made a mistake here?' If you don't have that continuously, you really are up the creek. The good sceptics have done a good service, but some of the mad ones I think have not done anyone any favours.

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This programme to stop nuclear...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief.

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If it hadn't been for the Cold...

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.

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Sadly, it's much easier to cre...

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

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If we gave up eating beef we w...

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

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There aren't just bad people t...

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

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For each of our actions there ...

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

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I have heard that the Saudi Ar...

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

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Life does more than adapt to t...

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

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Nature favors those organisms ...

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

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An inefficient virus kills its...

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

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Evolution is a tightly coupled...

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.

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A billion could live off the e...

A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.

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Civilization in its present fo...

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

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Let's make hay while it lasts....

Let's make hay while it lasts.

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The oil companies regard nucle...

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

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China will soon emit more gree...

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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