The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.
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"The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence." — Freeman Dyson
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The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence. — Freeman Dyson
About Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson was a Physicist from United Kingdom (1923–2020).
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This quote is attributed to Freeman Dyson, a Physicist from United Kingdom.
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Freeman Dyson lived from 1923 – 2020.