An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

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If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been...

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been...

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far...

A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it...

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it...

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From...

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From...

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century...

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century...

All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up...

All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up...

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate...

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate...