Simon LeVay Professions : Neuroscientist Born : August 28, 1943 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Simon LeVay It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain. Simon LeVay stress gay mistake One reason why I recommend the abandonment of religious beliefs is because I think those beliefs are wrong. There is no evidence that our world was created by divine intention, that a god intercedes in human affairs, or that there is life after death. Religion is a hangover from humankind's timorous infancy; it's time for us to walk upright and unafraid, and to take charge of our own lives. Simon LeVay hangover religious thinking Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the disturbances of common life. What they tell us is supposed to be for the ages, not for the next election. But the reality may be otherwise. Simon LeVay ivory-tower age reality Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity. Simon LeVay animal long world I felt if I didn't find anything, I would give up a scientific career altogether. Simon LeVay felt giving-up careers Similar Authors Arnold J. Mandell neuroscientist Andrew B. Newberg neuroscientist David L. Felten neuroscientist David Eagleman neuroscientist Daniel Levitin neuroscientist Candace Pert neuroscientist All Authors
