Science always uses metaphor.

Quote by James Lovelock

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

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

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if...

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if...

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

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...

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...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

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...

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more...

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more...

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...

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power....

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power....

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so...

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so...

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...

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

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...

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own...

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own...

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...

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to...

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to...

Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.