I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the indi…

Lewis Thomas
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I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea urchins, gnats, whales, subhuman primates, superprimate humans, the lot. I can say this because we do not know what we are talking about: consciousness is so much a total mystery for our own species that we cannot begin to guess about its existence in others. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later, for better or worse, as it is in our nature to do. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Lo … ▶
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Soc … ▶
It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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