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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.

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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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