Richard Levins Born : June 1, 1930 Died : January 19, 2016 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Richard Levins Our truth is the intersection of independent lies Richard Levins truth-is independent lying The organism cannot be regarded as simply the passive object of autonomous internal and external forces; it is also the subject of its own evolution. Richard Levins external-forces evolution science Scholarship that is indifferent to human suffering is immoral. Richard Levins indifferent scholarship suffering