To The Biologist The Problem Of Socialism

I Am Quite Sure That Our Views On Evolution Would Be Very Different Had Biologists Studied Genetics And Natural Selection Before And Not After Most Of Them Were Convinced That Evolution Had Occurred.

If Human Beings Could Be Propagated By Cutting, Like Apple Trees, Aristocracy Would Be Biologically Sound.

It Seems To Me Immensely Unlikely That Mind Is A Mere By-product Of Matter. For If My Mental Processes Are Determined Wholly By The Motions Of Atoms In My Brain I Have No Reason To Suppose That My Beliefs Are True. They May Be Sound Chemically, But That Does Not Make Them Sound Logically. And Hence I Have No Reason For Supposing My Brain To Be Composed Of Atoms.

We Must Learn Not To Take Traditional Morals Too Seriously. And It Is Just Because Even The Least Dogmatic Of Religions Tends To Associate Itself With Some Kind Of Unalterable Moral Tradition, That There Can Be No Truce Between Science And Religion.

Reality Is The Cage Of Those Who Lack Imagination.