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Science Is An Integral Part Of Culture. It's Not This Foreign Thing, Done By An Arcane Priesthood. It's One Of The Glories Of The Human Intellectual Tradition.

Goethe Died In 1832. As You Know, Goethe Was Very Active In Science. In Fact, He Did Some Very Good Scientific Work In Plant Morphology And Mineralogy. But He Was Quite Bitter At The Way In Which Many Scientists Refused To Grant Him A Hearing Because He Was A Poet And Therefore, They Felt, He Couldn't Be Serious.

Any Decent Writer Writes Because There's Some Deep Internal Need To Keep Learning.

Acquired Characteristics Are Inherited In Technology And Culture. Lamarckian Evolution Is Rapid And Accumulative. It Explains The Cardinal Difference Between Our Past, Purely Biological Mode Of Change, And Our Current, Maddening Acceleration Toward Something New And Liberating- Or Toward The Abyss.

The Center Of Human Nature Is Rooted In Ten Thousand Ordinary Acts Of Kindness That Define Our Days.