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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
Ben Stein
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Ben Stein
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 25
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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution. I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don't think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.
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