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By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Become
Drama
Ecological
Leading
Life
Obtaining
Place
Players
Sense
Set
Theatre
Understand
Unfolding
Why
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Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Case
Convinced
Does
Evolution
Happens
Implications
Mean
Metaphysical
Products
Remain
Too
True
Way
World
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If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Account
Analysis
Answer
Barbarian
Behaviour
Clear
Comfort
Crumb
Even
Evils
Exists
Find
Horrors
Human
Human Behaviour
Least
Might
Part
Past
Present
Prospect
Remotely
Scientific
Small
Then
Were
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It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Bearable
Evil
History
Human
Human History
Make
May
No Sense
Only
Opinion
Recognized
Redeemed
Sense
Somehow
Unless
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The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Become
Benchmark
Common
Discussion
Evolution
Fossils
Icon
Interest
Issue
Point
Provides
Reference
Scientific
Something
Study
Those
Unique
Universal
Who
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As a number of people have stressed over the years, I think it would be premature to assume science itself will explain everything.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Assume
Everything
Explain
I Think
Itself
Number
Over
People
Premature
Science
Stressed
Think
Will
Would
Would-Be
Years
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Ethics are pre-determined and a matter of discovery, not a evolved concept.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Concept
Discovery
Ethics
Evolved
Matter
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I don't think an alien will be a blob. If aliens are out there they should have evolved just like us. They should have eyes and be walking on two legs. In short if there is any life out there then it is likely to be very similar to us.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Alien
Alien
Any
Evolved
Eyes
Just
Legs
Life
Like
Likely
Out
Short
Should
Similar
Then
Think
Two
Us
Very
Walking
Will
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I think the intellectual consistency of Christianity in historical evidence is frankly overwhelming, but my materialist colleagues regard me as a slightly sad case.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Case
Christianity
Colleagues
Consistency
Evidence
Frankly
Historical
I Think
Intellectual
Materialist
Me
Overwhelming
Regard
Sad
Slightly
Think
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I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn't boil or freeze, intelligent life is going to emerge because intelligence is convergent.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Any
Argue
Because
Boil
Emerge
Freeze
Going
Intelligence
Intelligent
Intelligent Life
Life
Would
Zone
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If you go to the octopus, and if you're not too squeamish, dissect it. You'll find that it has a camera eye which is remarkable similar to our own. And yet we know that the octopus belongs to an invertebrate group called cephalopod mulluses, evolutionarily very distant indeed from the chordates to which we belong.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Belong
Belongs
Camera
Dissect
Distant
Eye
Find
Go
Group
Indeed
Know
Octopus
Our
Own
Remarkable
Similar
Too
Very
Which
You
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It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Alien
Any
Darwinian
Difficult
Evolution
Imagine
Manner
Operating
Other
Planets
Than
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Massive self-confidence is boring.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Boring
Massive
Self-Confidence
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Most of the tree of life is effectively arranged.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Arranged
Effectively
Life
Most
Tree
Tree Of Life
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One can say with reasonable confidence that the likelihood of something analogous to a human evolving is really pretty high.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Confidence
Evolving
High
Human
Likelihood
Pretty
Really
Reasonable
Say
Something
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Pikaia is a missing link because, of all chordates, it's probably the most primitive.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Because
Link
Missing
Most
Primitive
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Scientists have wonderfully explained the organization of the universe, but that's really all it claims to do, and I think it does that very successfully.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Claims
Does
Explained
I Think
Organization
Really
Scientists
Successfully
Think
Universe
Very
Wonderfully
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The common ancient ancestor of mulluses and chordates could not possibly have possessed a camera eye, so quite clearly they have evolved independently. The solution has been arrived at by completely different routes.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Ancestors
Ancient
Arrived
Been
Camera
Clearly
Common
Could
Different
Evolved
Eye
Has-Been
Independently
Possessed
Possibly
Quite
Routes
Solution
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The fact that some things are mysterious or that they touch on mystery isn't in some way a capitulation, and one should realize that there are some things that we may never understand and, to that extent, should be humbled by that.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Extent
Fact
Humbled
May
Mysterious
Mystery
Never
Realize
Should
Some
Some Things
Things
Touch
Understand
Way
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The manner in which life constructs itself must be dealing with some other principle which we've failed to identify.
~ Simon Conway Morris
Constructs
Dealing
Failed
Identify
Itself
Life
Manner
Must
Other
Principle
Some
Which
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