“ We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of the state that is to follow. An intelligence knowing all the forces acting in nature at a… Pierre-Simon Laplace
“ Science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no excepti… Nikola Tesla
“ I have had my mother's wing of my genetic ancestry analyzed by the tracing service and there it all is: the arrow moving northward from the African savannah, skirting the Mediterranean by way of the… Christopher Hitchens
“ Genetics, accidents of birth or events in early childhood have left criminals' brains and bodies with measurable flaws predisposing them to committing assault, murder and other antisocial acts. .... M… Adrian Raine
“ If being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like Zeno of Citium
“ The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature. Corliss Lamont
“ If it is irrational and hypocritical to hold a minor to the same standard of behaviour control as a mature adult, it is equally unjust to hold a traumatised and neurologically impaired adult to the sa… Marin Teicher
“ Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future. Brian Greene
“ Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the incontrovertible fact that their actions are completely dictated by the laws of phys… Jerry A. Coyne
“ Were these boys in their right minds? Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one nineteen. They had all the prospects that life could hold out for any of the young; one a graduate of… Clarence Darrow
