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See their profileBiology enables, culture forbids. Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural.
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order.
I have never had to make a poop during a spacewalk, but if it did happen, I would definitely try to keep it a secret.
Meaning seems to arise out of nowhere, and nowhere is the number one place where it comes from.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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