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...mammalian embryos, regardless of their sex chromosome constitutions, have an inherent tendency to develop the female phenotype; the mammalian male read more
...mammalian embryos, regardless of their sex chromosome constitutions, have an inherent tendency to develop the female phenotype; the mammalian male is essentially a female that has been exposed to androgenic steroid hormones.
We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which read more
We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough read more
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.
To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed read more
To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats- we know it not.
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.
Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual"- find out how he feels about astrology.
A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual"- find out how he feels about astrology.