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“Who would talk about the evolutionary mind? Who cares about the good and evil in the evolution of species, and so on? This must be interesting only to the degree to which it informs us in this very present moment regarding our choices that we will make in the creation of our future.”

Quote by Ralph Abraham

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Ralph Abraham is a renowned mathematician born on July 4, 1936. He has made significant contributions to the fields of dynamical systems and differential geometry in mathematics. more

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