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I'm no longer sceptical. I no longer have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world.
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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Climate change will affect the whole of humanity, while terrorist attacks will only affect a small section of humanity. Of course, you wouldn't say that if you were related to someone who had been beheaded or blown up or murdered.
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It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.
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Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.
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