“The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to explain table manners or road safety or gardening, only sex. Anyway, it was bad Darwinism. Taking the example of a monkey and applying it to yourself misses the point that animal behaviour is made for the benefit of the species, not as an excuse for the individual. Being incapable of sustaining a stable pair and supporting children is really not in the interests of our species. Neither is it really in the best interests of the philanderer.” ChildrenMadeUsedIndividualSexInterestAnimalMissingExampleEvolutionBenefitsSafetyTablesSpeciesExcuseMannersCheatingPairsUsualGardeningStableBehaviourIncapableMonkeysSustainingDarwinismTable MannersShrewsPhilanderer Author:A. A. Gill
“Our society is turning toward more and more needless consumption. It is a vicious circle that I compare to cancer . . . . Should we eliminate suffering, diseases? The idea is beautiful, but perhaps not a benefit for the long term. We should not allow our dread of diseases to endanger the future of our species. . . . In order to stabilize world population, we need to eliminate 350,000 people a day. It is a horrible thing to say, but it's just as bad not to say it.” PeopleWorldNeedsShouldLongIdeasBeautifulSufferingOrderTermDiseaseBenefitsSpeciesPopulationCancerCirclesHorribleCompareLong TermOur SocietyDreadConsumptionViciousHorrible ThingsWorld PopulationVicious Circles Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau
“Ever since there have been people, there have been explorers, looking in places where other hadn't been before. Not everyone does it, but we are part of a species where some members of the species do, to the benefit of us all.” PeopleDoeHas BeensMembersBenefitsSpeciesExplorationSpace ExplorationExplorers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The reason we form networks is because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. It's to our advantage as individuals and a species to assemble ourselves in this fashion.” ReasonFormIndividualFashionCostBenefitsAdvantageSpeciesConnected Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“Natural selection may lead to benefits for species, but these `higher' advantages can only arise as sequelae, or side consequences, of natural selection's causal mechanism: differential reproductive success of individuals.” MayIndividualSidesNaturalHigherBenefitsConsequenceAdvantageSpeciesAriseMechanismSelectionNatural Selection Book:Dinosaur in a haystack: reflections in natural history Source: Dinosaur in a haystack: reflections in natural history
“The thesis that the living creatures have always been composed different species was established in a time where no sufficient observations had been made and when science hardly existed. This thesis is denied every day by those who have made accurate observations, who have long time observed nature and who have had the benefit from studying our musei's large and rich collections.” LongMadeDifferentStudyRichCreaturesBenefitsLong TimeSpeciesObservationSufficientCollectionsDeniedAccurateLiving CreaturesThesis Author:Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
“There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.” MindPainPleasureReturnGratitudeBenefitsSpeciesRevengeObligationImpatientInferiorityRecompenseExacting Revenge Author:Samuel Johnson
“In addition to tourism, it is essential to employ other ways to benefit more from the use of natural resources than from their destruction - from wildlife breeding operations to - yes - hunting of abundant species where viable.” WayUseNaturalEssentialsBenefitsResourcesDestructionSpeciesOperationsHuntingWildlifeTourismBreedingNatural Resources Author:David Jeremiah Barron
“Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.” MadeIdeasRealMatterFactsStoriesEffortNovelDivineReaderBenefitsSpeciesAssumptionMade Up Stories Book:The Fault in Our Stars Source: The Fault in Our Stars