The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.
Konrad LorenzRead
More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind.
Interpretation
Scientific knowledge belongs to all humanity and is essential for progress.
In this quote, Konrad Lorenz emphasizes that scientific knowledge is a shared resource that transcends individual or national ownership. It reflects the collaborative nature of scientific advancement, suggesting that the discoveries and insights gained through science should benefit all of humanity rather than being monopolized or restricted to specific groups.
In practice
In a speech at a scientific conference, emphasizing the importance of open access to research for global progress.
The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.
Whenever we find, in two forms of life that are unrelated to each other, a similarity of form or of behaviour patterns which relates to more than a few minor details, we assume it to be caused by parallel adaptation to the same life-preserving function.
I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals.
In nature we find not only that which is expedient, but also everything which is not so inexpedient as to endanger the existence of the species.
Most people have forgotten how to live with living creatures, with living systems and that, in turn, is the reason why man, whenever he comes into contact with nature, threatens to kill the natural system in which and from which he live.
I owe undying gratitude to my patient parents.
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct.
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics.
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence.
Our circadian biology, and the insatiable early-morning demands of a post-industrial way of life, denies us the sleep we vitally need.
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