“The question is not whether biological systems contain information, bu...” — Salvatore Canto Quote

“The question is not whether biological systems contain information, but where that information comes from.”

“This is the first moment in the history of our planet when any species, by its own voluntary actions, has become a danger to itself - as well as to vast numbers of others.”

“Don't they know science doesn't work like that? You can't just order scientific breakthroughs. They happen when you are looking at something you've been working on for years and suddenly see a connection you never noticed before, or when you're looking for something else altogether. Sometimes they even happen by accident. Don't they know you can't get a scientific breakthrough just because you want one?”

“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.”

“An empty attic is a primate's olympus.”

“The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.”

“Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.”