James Lovelock
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“If it hadn’t been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.” -James Lovelock
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“I’m a scientist, not a theologian. I don’t know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.” -James Lovelock
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“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…
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“I’m a scientist, not a theologian. I don’t know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.” -James Lovelock
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“I’m a scientist, not a theologian. I don’t know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.” -James Lovelock
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“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.” -James Lovelock
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“There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.” -James Lovelock
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“One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don’t know it.” -James Lovelock
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“There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.” -James Lovelock
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“You mustn’t take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.” -James Lovelock
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“I’ve got personal views on the ’60s. You can’t have freedom without paying the price for it.” -James Lovelock
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“If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.” -James Lovelock
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“I’m a scientist, not a theologian. I don’t know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.” -James Lovelock
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“If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.” -James Lovelock
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“I don’t think we’re yet evolved to the point where we’re clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can’t really do anything meaningful.” -James Lovelock
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