It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

Quote by Colson Whitehead

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After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that...

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that...

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we...

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we...

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all...

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can...

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living...

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.

All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

There is no political solution to our troubled evolution.

There is no political solution to our troubled evolution.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Successful men usually snatch success from seeming failure. If they know there is such a...

Successful men usually snatch success from seeming failure. If they know there is such a...

Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season

Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...