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.
James Lovelock
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- Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.
- I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful.
- If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.
- 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.
- If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.