“If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.”
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I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.
You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.
There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.
One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don't know it.