J.B.S. Haldane

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The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.

J.B.S. Haldane

Reflection on the fact that there are 400,000 species of beetles, as opposed to 8,000 species of mammals.

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Topic

Nature of God God and nature

Speaker

J.B.S. Haldane

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Haldane, J. B. S. Speech given to the British Interplanetary Society. 1951, London, England, UK.

Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose... I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy.

J.B.S. Haldane

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Topic

Nature of the universe The universe

Author

J.B.S. Haldane

Source

Possible Worlds and Other Essays

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Haldane, J. B. S. "Possible Worlds." Possible Worlds and Other Essays. Chatto and Windus, 1927.

Current Citation

Haldane, J. B. S. "Possible Worlds." Possible Worlds and Other Essays. Routledge, 2001.