“Needless to say, there is no formal or mathematical content to ID—a “theory” that explains everything, explains nothing, and predicts nothing. ID cannot explain why millions of species were created and then became extinct. Even more importantly, it cannot explain “mistakes” in the design of living organisms such as us.”

Volume 1, Ch. 9
Fiction, The Book of the Short Sun (1999–2001)

Source: Dracula

Source: The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Chapter 6 “Origins and Miracles” (p. 141)

Non c&#x27;è niente nella sua pittura che la Sicilia non possa spiegare. <br class="br">&quot;Storia dell&#x27;arte in Sicilia: Mario Bardi&quot;, volume 2 (1984), Palermo: Edizioni del Sole (ed.) p. 243 &quot; https://books.google.it/books?id=ntfpAAAAMAAJ&quot;(in Italian).

Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 2, “Just a Theory: What Scientists Do” (p. 24)

1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Self-Reliance
Context: Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing. Act singly, and what you have already done singly will justify you now. Greatness appeals to the future. If I can be firm enough to-day to do right, and scorn eyes, I must have done so much right before as to defend me now. Be it how it will, do right now. Always scorn appearances, and you always may. The force of character is cumulative.

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

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