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"So far this doesn't seem like a "guide to mindful eating"... it is feels more like an overview of popular foods in various cultures sprinkled with small anecdotes, but I'm on half way through chapter two so we will see." — Jul 06, 2014 08:01PM
"So far this doesn't seem like a "guide to mindful eating"... it is feels more like an overview of popular foods in various cultures sprinkled with small anecdotes, but I'm on half way through chapter two so we will see." — Jul 06, 2014 08:01PM
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"learned a little more about early human and early ape anatomy and physiology. The last chapter gave an interesting insight into the evolutionary adaptation of the pelvis." — Jul 17, 2013 02:35PM
"learned a little more about early human and early ape anatomy and physiology. The last chapter gave an interesting insight into the evolutionary adaptation of the pelvis." — Jul 17, 2013 02:35PM
Scientists are viewed with increasing distrust by a public that is skeptical about their contributions to society—that is, skeptical about the power of science to describe and improve the world. When people refuse to acknowledge climate
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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
― Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
― Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
“Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.”
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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
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