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Natural selection … works like a tinkerer.

— François Jacob

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The dream of every cell is to become two cells.

Evolution is a tinkerer, not an engineer.

Evolution and tinkering (1977)

Asking general questions led to limited answers, asking limited questions turned out to provide more and more general answers.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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