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• It is a medical commonplace that the tissues of the human body replace themselves regularly, essentially creating an entirely new body every seven years.
  From whence then come cancer and the slow degeneration of age?...
• There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the boundaries of knowledge
  and the revolutionary leap of genius which redefines and transcends those boundaries....
• And when at last it is time for the transition from megacorporation to planetary governme
  from entrepreneur to emperor, it is then that the true genius of our strategy shall become apparent, for energy is the lifeblood of this society and when the chips are down he who controls the energy supply controls Planet....
• Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me.
  We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts....
• By creating a planetary network, mankind on Planet now has the ability to share information at light-speed.
  But by creating a single such network, each faction has brought themselves closer to discovery as well....
• The fungus has been Planet's dominant lifeform since about the time of the Lower Paleozoic on Earth.
  But when, once every hundred million years or so, the neural net at last achieves the critical mass necessary to become sentient, the final metamorphosis kills off most of the other life on the planet....
• The genetic code does not, and cannot, specify the nature and position of every capillary in the body or every neuron in the brain.
  What it {can} do is describe the underlying fractal pattern which creates them....
• Let the Gaians preach their silly religion, but one way or the other I shall see this compound burned
  eared, and sterilized until every hiding place is found and until every last Mind Worm egg, every last slimy one, has been cooked to a smoking husk....
• We welcome you, earthdeirdre and earthwheat and earthtree as honored gue
  for you add great power to our ancient song-- planetfungus and planetworm and planetmind sing and play here, and you are welcome among us....