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“For forty or fifty years past, Mr. H. G. Wells and others have been warning us that man is in danger of destroying himself with his own weapons, leaving the ants or some other gregarious species to take over. Anyone who has seen the ruined cities of Germany will find this notion at least thinkable.” … Continue reading
”There is a plaque at Boardwalk and Park Place, and on it in relief is the leo nine profile of a man who looks like an officer in a metropolitan bank “Charles B. Darrow, 1889-1967, inventor of the game of Monopoly.” “Darrow,” I address him, aloud. “Where is Marvin Gardens?” At the beginning of the … Continue reading
”There is no returning on the road of life. The frail bridge of time on which we tread sinks back into eternity at every step we take. The past is gone from us forever.” We cannot live in the past because once it is gone, it is gone forever. There is no time machine that … Continue reading
“Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive.” We do not think that much about water because we have the privilege of having clean, drinkable water unlike other people. Some countries barely have water and if they do have water it is … Continue reading
“What bothers many of us paleontologists,” said Fred Smith of the University of Tennessee, “is the perception that this new data from DNA is so precise and scientific and that we paleontologists are just a bunch of bumbling old fools. But if you listen to the geneticists, you realize they’re as divided about their genetic … Continue reading
“The not knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made. Without the scanning process engendered by not-knowing, without the possibility of having the mind move in unanticipated directions, there would be no invention.” When creating a sculpture or painting a picture, an artist just starts out without knowing what they are … Continue reading
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