“An animal doesn’t need to develop curiosity and intelligence if it has no problems that need solving.”
Source: Dragon's Egg (1980), Chapter 1, “Prologue” Section 4 (p. 7)
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American physicist, science fiction writer 1932–2002Related quotes
“Every curiosity is in need of the curiosity of speech.”
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 335.
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“A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.”
On "eyeing" for Mars, IAC 2016 meeting, presentation on sustainable Mars colonization.
“The intelligence required for the solving of social problems is not a thing of the mere intellect.”
Source: Social Problems (1883), Ch. 1 : The Increasing Importance of Social Questions
Context: The intelligence required for the solving of social problems is not a thing of the mere intellect. It must be animated with the religious sentiment and warm with sympathy for human suffering. It must stretch out beyond self-interest, whether it be the self-interest of the few or of the many. It must seek justice. For at the bottom of every social problem we will find a social wrong.
Source: Man, the State, and War (1959), Chapter II, The First Image, p. 38
Source: Work and the nature of man, 1966, p. 71
