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“As human beings we experience the universe from the surface of only one planet out of trillions upon trillions. We have direct knowledge of only a few thousand years of recorded history on a planet nearly 5 billion years old. And the tiny slice of the universe that we are aware of is seen through the very limited filter of the perceptual and intellectual apparatus of the human form.
Our attempts to understand the universe are akin to standing on a beach for a few hours peering through a drinking straw and from that information drawing conclusions about the nature and history of life on Earth.”
Our attempts to understand the universe are akin to standing on a beach for a few hours peering through a drinking straw and from that information drawing conclusions about the nature and history of life on Earth.”
— Jeff Carreira, Director of Education at EnlightenNext and teacher of Evolutionary Enlightenment, The Inquiring Mind of Charles Sanders Peirce, Evolutionary Philosophy, Sep 30, 2010 (tnx johnsparker)
