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We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science
James Lovelock
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James Lovelock
Age: 105
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One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don't know it.
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We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can't stand windmills at any price.
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I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it.
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By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.
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This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief.
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So-called 'sustainable development' is meaningless drivel.
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I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked.
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I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself.
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An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.
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Nowadays if you're dependent on a grant - and 99% of them are - you can't make mistakes as you won't get another one if you do.
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