But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever. Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation. But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. Richard P. Feynman Acquired characteristics are inherited in technology and culture.
Lamarckian evolution is rapid and accumulative.
Whatever you do, stamp out abuses, and love those who love you. My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence is provided by such a God. If you can do an experiment in one day, then in 10 days you can test 10 ideas, and maybe one of the 10 will be right. Then you've got it made. A hundred astronomers have left parts of their souls and their hopes in drawings showing the surface of Mars.