"In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be far chancier than we thought, but still possible. Such an appeal to brute luck can never be refuted... Luck is metaphysical speculation; scientific explanations invoke causes."

-- Michael Behe

#Serendipity Quotes #Luck Quotes #Mutation Quotes

“Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.”
“There is no Christian Gospel if history simply unwinds into a meaningless puddle, if the cosmos simply escapes into a cataclysmic black hole, or if the universe finally dies of exhausted energy. Without belief in a biblical eschatology, there is no Christian hope. Without a sense of perfect moral judgment in the end, the human heart is homeless.”
“He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too.”
“One must differentiate between one's thoughts and one's emotions with full clarity and precision...No discussion, cooperation, agreement, or understanding is possible among men who substitute emotion for proof.”
“I'm choking to death with this emerging church!”
“Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“All that I have to offer as an artist is the revelation of my soul”
“I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.”

Source : William John Wills (1863). “A Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia: From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria”, p.69, London : R. Bentley

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