"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping."
"The Human is the most insane species"
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Source: Atoms of Silence: an Exploration of Cosmic Evolution. Book by Hubert Reeves, 1984.
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