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1 " My main reason for scepticism about the Huxley/Sagan theory is that the human brain is demonstrably eager to see faces in random patterns, as we know from scientific evidence, on top of the numerous legends about faces of Jesus, or the Virgin Mary, or Mother Teresa, being seen on slices of toast, or pizzas, or patches of damp on a wall. This eagerness is enhanced if the pattern departs from randomness in the specific direction of being symmetrical. "
― Richard Dawkins , The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
2 " Even if we have ourselves so fully convinced that we are on the right track because we desperately want to believe that the specific direction we have chosen is the " correct one" , if the universe disagrees with our choices, it will not be shy in telling us so. "
3 " Even if we have ourselves so fully convinced that we are on the right track because we desperately want the specific direction we have chosen to be the correct one, if the universe disagrees with our choices, it will not be shy in telling us so. "
― Miya Yamanouchi , Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
