“Mesarovic and Pestel are critical of the Forrester-Meadows world view, which is that of a homogeneous system with a fully predetermined evolution in time once the initial conditions are specified.” WorldViewsConditionsEvolutionCriticalInitialsMeadowsWorld ViewPredeterminedHomogeneous Author:Donella Meadows
“'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence.” ConditionsEvolutionDegreesSavages Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“If the hypothesis of evolution is true, living matter must have arisen from non-living matter; for by the hypothesis the condition of the globe was at one time such, that living matter could not have existed in it, life being entirely incompatible with the gaseous state.” IfsMatterStatesConditionsEvolutionOne TimeGlobesHypothesis Author:Thomas Huxley
“As we enter our centennial year we are still a young nation, very much in the formative stages. Our national condition is still flexible enough that we can make almost anything we wish of our nation. No other country is in a better position than Canada to go ahead with the evolution of a national purpose devoted to all that is good and noble and excellent in the human spirit.” YearsHumansStillsCountryEnoughYoungSpiritPurposeNationsWishConditionsStagePositionEvolutionNobleExcellentCanadaDevotedOther CountriesHuman SpiritFlexibleCentennial Author:Lester B. Pearson
“Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new kind of evolution of their own. Once this new evolution begins, it will in no necessary sense be subservient to the old.” KindConditionsEvolutionAriseCopiesSubservientSelfish Gene Book:The Selfish Gene Source: The Selfish Gene
“By being discontented, the spirit searches for ways to improve its condition and for a better channel for expressing itself. This sense of discontent is the engine that drives all creativity and innovation... Our blue moments are a necessary part of our human evolution.” WayHumansMomentsSpiritCreativityConditionsEvolutionInnovationBlueEnginesDiscontentCreativity And InnovationHuman Evolution Author:Chin-Ning Chu