“Dans la ruche, l'individu n'est rien, il n'a qu'une existence conditionnelle, il n'est qu'un moment indifférent, un organe ailé de l'espèce. Toute sa vie est un sacrifice total à l'être innombrable et perpétuel dont il fait partie.”
Source: Le Cycle de la nature
“Defenders of industrial agriculture like to brag that Americans enjoy the cheapest food in the world. Today it's hard to know if that's a boast or an indictment.”
Source: Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie
“Cuánto más alto se sube,
tanto menos entendía,
que es la tenebrosa nube
que a la noche esclarecía:
por eso quien la sabía
queda siempre no sabiendo,
toda ciencia trascendiendo.”
“ChatGPT is like using Google, a calculator, or spellcheck: a tool is only as good as the mind using it.”
“The nineteenth-century British writer Thomas de Quincey turned to economics after finding that his consumption of opium had made him unable to tackle his usual reading of mathematics and philosophy.”
Source: A Little History of Economics
“Science and poetry are not so different after all. In science, the more you learn, the more you realize, how much you don't know. In poetry, the more you write, the more you realize, you got no clue, how you flow.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
Source: Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness
“Skepticism does not disqualify you from being a natural scientist; instead, it is the praiseworthy habit of someone who does not submit to dogmas, even if they are currently supposed to be in fashion.”
Source: The Disappearance of Butterflies
“It is a change of approach that is much needed, study based on observation, not merely acceptance of blind doctrine.”
Source: Revelation
“Master yourself like a Science project”