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

Quote by James Lovelock

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price...

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price...

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...

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...

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...