“We are all of us walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings.” WorldMadeCommunityWalkingTinyLandscapeBacteriaShimmer Book:Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors Source: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors
“Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we are chosen, the unique species for which all the others were made. Nor are we the most important one because we are so numerous, powerful and dangerous.” NeedsMadeImportantUnderstandingPowerfulDangerousPoliticianUniqueEvidenceSpeciesChosenArroganceEcology Author:Lynn Margulis
“The accumulation of genetic mutations were touted to be enough to change one species to another….No. It wasn’t dishonesty. I think it was wish fulfillment and social momentum. Assumptions, made but not verified, were taught as fact.” ThinkingMadeEnoughFactsWishSocialTaughtSpeciesFulfillmentAssumptionMomentumAccumulationDishonestyMutationGenetic Mutation Author:Lynn Margulis
