Author: Simon Conway Morris

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The manner in which life constructs itself must be dealing with some other principle which we've failed to identify.

The manner in which life constructs itself must be dealing with some other principle which we've failed to identify.

- Simon Conway Morris

Most of the tree of life is effectively arranged.

Most of the tree of life is effectively arranged.

- Simon Conway Morris

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.

- Simon Conway Morris

It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.

It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.

- Simon Conway Morris

I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn't boil or freeze, intelligent life is going to emerge because intelligence is convergent.

I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn't boil or freeze, intelligent life is going to emerge because intelligence is convergent.

- Simon Conway Morris

I think the intellectual consistency of Christianity in historical evidence is frankly overwhelming, but my materialist colleagues regard me as a slightly sad case.

I think the intellectual consistency of Christianity in historical evidence is frankly overwhelming, but my materialist colleagues regard me as a slightly sad case.

- Simon Conway Morris

The tree of life was always there. Evolution just fills in the gaps.

The tree of life was always there. Evolution just fills in the gaps.

- Simon Conway Morris

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

- Simon Conway Morris

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