Although Knowledge Of How Things Work Is Sufficient To Allow Manipulation Of Nature, What Humans Really Want To Know Is Why Things Work. Children Don't Ask How The Sky Is Blue. They Ask Why The Sky Is Blue.

-Michael Crichton

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Although Knowledge Of How Things Work Is

Michael Crichton

Although Knowledge Of How Things Work Is Sufficient To Allow Manipulation Of Nature, What Humans Really Want To Know Is Why Things Work. Children Don't Ask How The Sky Is Blue. They Ask Why The Sky Is Blue.

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Children

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Sky

People Were So Naive About Plants, Ellie Thought. They Just Chose Plants For Appearance, As They Would Choose A Picture For The Wall. It Never Occurred To Them That Plants Were Actually Living Things, Busily Performing All The Living Functions Of Respiration, Ingestion, Excretion, Reproduction---and Defense.

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People

Defense