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I am interested in a phase that I think we are entering. I call it "teleological evolution," evolution with a purpose.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
That's how we continue on, and will improve our lot in life, solve the problems that arise. Partly out of necessity, partly out of this drive to improve.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution, because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
I am interested both in nature, and in the human side of nature, and how the two can be brought together, and effectively used.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
My attitude was always to keep open, to keep scanning. I think that's how things work in nature. Many people are close-minded, rigid, and that's not my inclination.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
I judge things from an evolutionary perspective — "How does this serve and contribute to the process of our own evolution?" — rather than think of good and evil in moral terms. I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
The art of science is as important as so-called technical science. You need both. It's this combination that must be recognized and acknowledged and valued.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
Reason alone will not serve. Intuition alone can be improved by reason, but reason alone without intuition can easily lead the wrong way. They both are necessary.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
The idea of being constructive, creative, positive, in trying to bring out the best in one's own self and the best in others follows from what I've just been saying.
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)