"If there is such a simple argument for physicalism, how come everybody hasn't always been a physicalist? That's a good question, and there is a good answer. The 'causal completeness of physics' wasn't widely accepted until recently."

-- David Papineau

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“The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income.”
“You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her.”
“The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will never touch the highest levels of mirth.”

Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”
“I've put down my scrivener's pen. These days i prefer not to.”
“What evolution tells us is that we are part of a grand, dynamic, and ever-changing fabric of life that covers our planet. Even to a person of faith, in fact especially to a person of faith, an understanding of the evolutionary process should only deepen their appreciation of the scope and wisdom of the creator's work.”

Source : "Seals, evolution, and the real 'missing link'" by Kenneth R Miller, www.theguardian.com. April 29, 2009.
“But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.”
“Science can point out dangers, but science cannot turn the direction of minds and hearts. That is the province of spiritual powers within and without our very beginnings-powers that are the mysteries of life itself.”
“I place my intention into the vast ocean of all possibilities and allow the universe to work through me.”

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