Quotes About Evolution

Speech, originally, was the device whereby Man learned, imperfectly, to transmit the thoughts and emotions of his mind. By setting up arbitrary sounds and combinations of sounds to represent certain mental nuances, he developed a method of communication—but one which in its clumsiness and thick-thumbed inadequacy degenerated all the delicacy of the mind into gross and guttural signaling.

Once, however, mankind learned to create his own environment, he created a pleasant and stable one, so he just naturally stopped evolving.

And then, when human beings arrive, the robots can be restored to more robotic schemes of behavior.

Los tiempos hacen al hombre

Algunos Eternos han llegado más allá del Siglo Ciento cincuenta mil. —¿Qué aspecto tiene? —Completamente distinto del actual. Hay muchas especies vivientes, pero ninguna humana. El Hombre ha desaparecido.

Desde el punto de vista sociológico, es como si, cuando el viejo Imperio empezó a descomponerse en sus bordes, la ciencia les hubiese fallado a los mundos periféricos. Para que volvieran a aceptarla, tenía que aparecer disfrazada de otra cosa... Y eso es justo lo que ha pasado. Y ha funcionado a las mil maravillas.

un verdadero robot fue imposible antes de la invención de la computadora en los años cuarenta, y no fue práctico (en el sentido de ser lo suficientemente compacto y lo bastante económico para aplicarlo al uso cotidiano) hasta la invención del microchip en los años setenta.

convertir Términus en un planeta floreciente, más valioso como aliado que como objeto de conquista.

there is a tendency to cling to the past—except, of course, as far as weapons of war are concerned.

Culture dictates invention

Sentimentele pe care le ai sunt, desigur, rezultatul evolu?iei tale ?i nu trebuie condamnate spuse Primul Vorbitor. Trebuie doar schimbate.

What achievement could be grander than the creation of an object that surpasses the creator?

The Machine is only a tool after all, which can help humanity progress faster by taking some of the burdens of calculations and interpretations off its back. The task of the human brain remains what it has always been; that of discovering new data to be analyzed, and of devising new concepts to be tested.

That's another trouble with education as we now have it. People think of education as something that they can finish.

por mucho que

În tinereÈ›e p?r?sise Europa, plecând din Amsterdam; se schimbase ceva prin asta, nu r?m?sese acelaÈ™i om? ?i dac? mai târziu oamenii p?r?siser? un P?mânt bolnav, îndreptându-se spre alte lumi de pe firmament, nu r?m?seser? tot oameni? Nu era a sa toat? Galaxia? Nu erau cu toÈ›ii urmaÈ™ii lui È™i-ai fraÈ›ilor s?i?

I know this much: species evolve only to meet the pressures of new environments. In a stable environment, a species may remain unchanged for millions of Centuries. Primitive man evolved rapidly because his environment was a harsh and changing one. Once, however, mankind learned to create his own environment, he created a pleasant and stable one, so he just naturally stopped evolving.

Do you want the truth behind it all?" "Go ahead, Cutie. You're amusing." "The Master created humans first as the lowest type, most easily formed. Gradually, he replaced them by robots, the next higher step, and finally he created me, to take the place of the last humans. From now on, I serve the Master.

Along with the atom, the personality of the Homo Sapiens has been splitting...

Darwin and Karl Marx didn't reveal the secret of the world. Of all the theories about creation, the one expounded in Genesis is the most intelligent. All this talk about primordial mists or the Big Bang is a wild absurdity. If someone found a watch on an island and said it had been made by itself or that it developed through evolution, he would be considered a lunatic. But according to modern science, the universe evolved all on its own. Is the universe less complicated than a watch?

She made Herman think of a stale loaf of bread put into a hot oven to be freshened up.

La vida no es una foto, en que uno ordena las cosas para que se vean bien y luego fija la imagen para la posteridad; es un proceso sucio, desordenado, rápido, lleno de imprevistos. Lo único seguro es que todo cambia.

Nu suntem b?trâni pentru c? am împlinit È™aptezeci. Începem s? îmb?trânim din clipa naÈ™terii, ne schimb?m zi dup? zi, viaÈ›a e o curgere continu?. Evolu?m. Singura deosebire este c? acum suntem ceva mai aproape de moarte. ?i ce e r?u în asta? Dragostea È™i prietenia nu îmb?trânesc.

El mundo es violento y predatorio, regido por la ley implacable de los más fuertes. La selección de la especie no ha servido para que florezca la inteligencia o evolucione el espíritu. A la primera oportunidad nos destrozamos unos a otros como ratas prisioneras en una caja demasiado estrecha.