“Now, if the cooperation of some thousands of millions of cells in our brain can produce our consciousness, a true singularity, the idea becomes vastly more plausible that the cooperation of humanity, or some sections of it, may determine what Comte calls a Great Being.” IfsMayIdeasHumanityBrainConsciousnessMillionsProduceDetermineCellsCooperationSectionsPlausibleSingularity Author:John B. S. Haldane
“Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.” GivingMayMoneyProduceProtectCapitalismTablesWorkersGoldenEggsGeeseLiving WageGolden Eggs Author:John B. S. Haldane
“So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.” MayWarResultsProgressExampleLatePhenomenonIsolatedDisruptive Author:John B. S. Haldane
“It seems to me immensely unlikely that mind is a mere by-product of matter. For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true. They may be sound chemically, but that does not make them sound logically. And hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms.” IfsMindMayDoeMatterReasonSeemsBeliefProcessSoundBrainProductsMereDeterminedNo ReasonAtomsUnlikelySupposingSupposing That Author:John B. S. Haldane
“While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.” MayLittlesAbleHumanityBeliefNumbersAtheismSuspicionMartyrMartyred Book:Possible Worlds Source: Possible Worlds
