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		Current organisms have a higher probability of sharing a single code if the common ancestry hypothesis is true than they'd have if the hypothesis of separate ancestry were true. That is, the simpler hypothesis has the higher likelihood in the technical sense of "likelihood" used in statistics.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elliott Sober 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				William James 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Martin Luther King, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against all separate individuals. The power of this community is then set up as right in opposition to the power of the individual, which is condemned as brute force. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sigmund Freud 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, That is all there was! But twist them all together and you have something tremendous. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor Hugo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There may be babblers, wholly ignorant of mathematics, who dare to condemn my hypothesis, upon the authority of some part of the Bible twisted to suit their purpose. I value them not, and scorn their unfounded judgment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nicolaus Copernicus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nicholas Sparks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We lived in the same house. That much was true enough. But mostly we lived in our own particular and peculiar bodies. Bodies we didn't choose. We hear, we see, we smell, we feel with our eyes and noses, ears and hands. We have minds. We have hearts. We have mouths and tongues. That is all we have. That is the only way we know anything--the the smallness of our own insignificant bodies. And so we remain separate, residents of our own small, separate countries. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Benjamin Alire Saenz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nick Cave 
			 
			
				The Birthday Party  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's crazy, it's different. It's what I wanted, but it's different. It's not exactly what I wanted, you know what I mean? If you become an actor you want to be a successful actor; but with success comes a lot of things. Some of it's great! It's great to be able to pay your rent from the work that you do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Donald Faison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Noah Baumbach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Current organisms have a higher probability of sharing a single code if the common ancestry hypothesis is true than they'd have if the hypothesis of separate ancestry were true. That is, the simpler hypothesis has the higher likelihood in the technical sense of "likelihood" used in statistics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elliott Sober