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Language changes very fast.


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Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.

Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.



Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about evolution at the phenotypic level when the fitnesses of particular phenotypes depend on their frequencies in the population.

Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about evolution at the phenotypic level when the fitnesses of particular phenotypes depend on their frequencies in the population.



Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled.

Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled.



Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action.

Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action.



Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it was originally designed

Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it was originally designed



Mathematics is so much easier than words mathematics makes things clear that words merely muddle and confuse and mess up.

Mathematics is so much easier than words mathematics makes things clear that words merely muddle and confuse and mess up.



Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.

Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.



It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that, because a position is orthodox, it is wrong.

It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that, because a position is orthodox, it is wrong.



You couldn't have human society without language.

You couldn't have human society without language.



I can't go around believing in a God that believes suffering is good for me.

I can't go around believing in a God that believes suffering is good for me.





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Eventually, there's certain limit in telling bare fact through words.It ain't about diction constraints, but common ability to understand.

Eventually, there's certain limit in telling bare fact through words.It ain't about diction constraints, but common ability to understand.




Life is for the loved, not the lonely." She lamented. "Although it's the lonely who try to make the world and its inhabitants less so.

Life is for the loved, not the lonely." She lamented. "Although it's the lonely who try to make the world and its inhabitants less so.



I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live in peace forever.

I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live in peace forever.



I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.

I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.



Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.



Self love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa.

Self love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa.



There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.

There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.



It's always funny to me how your movie becomes no longer yours and people interpret it how they want and react how they want to react to it, and it's fun to kind of watch that happen.

It's always funny to me how your movie becomes no longer yours and people interpret it how they want and react how they want to react to it, and it's fun to kind of watch that happen.




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