Knowledge is the true organ of sight not the eyes

Quote by Jared Diamond

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Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to...

Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to...

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond...

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond...

Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last...

Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last...

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be...

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be...

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little...

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little...

The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents...

The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents...

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans...

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans...

Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the...

Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the...

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which...

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which...

Science is often misrepresented as the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments...

Science is often misrepresented as the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments...

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these...

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these...

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely,...

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely,...

We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and...

We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and...

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I...

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I...

Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical...

Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical...

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at...

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at...

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines,...

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines,...

AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a...

AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a...

Decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me...

Decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me...

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.