"Whoever authorized the evolution of the spiders of Australia should be summarily dragged out into the street and shot."
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"I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why, and where evolution is headed. That's why we've got giraffes and hippopotami and the clap."
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"Evolution is a mistake. Humans are a mistake. We've destroyed our planet."
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