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Chance alone is at the source of all novelty, all creation in the biosphere.

~Jacques Monod

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What I have tried to show is that the scientific attitude implies what I call the postulate of objectivity - that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan, that there is no intention in the universe.

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One of the great problems of philosophy is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is; values are what ought to be.

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I would say that all traditional philosophies up to and including Marxism have tried to derive the 'ought' from the 'is.' My point of view is that this is impossible; this is a farce.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Scientist

Born: February 9th, 1910

Died: May 31st, 1976

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