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The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
Nothing fundamental separates the course of human history from the course of physical history.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
Few will doubt that humankind has created a planet-sized problem for itself. No one wished it so, but we are the first species to become a geophysical force, altering Earth's climate, a role previously reserved for tectonics, sun flares, and glacial cycles.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a second life waiting, suffering can be endured- especially in other people. The natural environment can be used up. Enemies of the faith can be savaged and suicidal martyrdom praised.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)