One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
![The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression Vital force.](https://img.libquotes.com/pic-quotes/v1/j-b-s-haldane-quote-lbk8x3h.jpg)
![The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression Vital force.](https://img.libquotes.com/pic-quotes/v2/j-b-s-haldane-quote-lbk8x3h.jpg)
![The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression Vital force.](https://img.libquotes.com/pic-quotes/v3/j-b-s-haldane-quote-lbk8x3h.jpg)
![The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression Vital force.](https://img.libquotes.com/pic-quotes/v4/j-b-s-haldane-quote-lbk8x3h.jpg)
