Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on
the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient
world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried
in its long history. Let us hope that we are still in the
early morning of our April day.
-- Stephen Jay Gould
the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient
world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried
in its long history. Let us hope that we are still in the
early morning of our April day.
-- Stephen Jay Gould
Related:
- If we are still here to witness the destruction of our
planet some five billion years or more hence,
then we will have achieved something so unprecedented... - we must counterpose the overwhelming judgment provided by consistent
observations and inferences by the thousands.
The earth is billions of years old and its living creatures... - A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent,
like the Deity. If we take to ourselves the wings of... - We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be
more extensive than the stunting of life,
few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity... - Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate
problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery,
do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating... - Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is
wrapped in the profoundest mystery,
do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating... - But if we laugh with derision, we will never understand.
Human intellectual capacity has not altered for thousands...
