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ABDUL AND HIS NEIGHBORS were squatting on land that belonged to the Airports Authority of India. Only a coconut-tree-lined thoroughfare separated the slum from the entrance to the international terminal.
“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”
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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
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“One begins to wonder if all the most interesting problems in physics are now in biology.”
― Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
― Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
“We always vilify what we don't understand.”
― Horrorscape
― Horrorscape
“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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