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Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Science is about unravelling nature.

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

Within this widest concept of object, and specifically within the concept of individual object, Objects and phenomena stand in contrast with each other.

But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object.

A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.

I don't like science because I don't think it makes sense to put a definition on everything. It's a lot more exciting to think of things as mysterious.

Science shows us what exists but not what to do about it.