# Mother Nature Raised Us From Molecules to Mammals by Max More > "You have raised us from simple self-replicating chemicals to trillion-celled mammals. You have given us free rein of the planet." > **— Max More**, *A Letter to Mother Nature, 1999 lecture; later revised author republication* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Max More, A Letter to Mother Nature, author’s revised republication](https://maxmore.substack.com/p/letter-to-mother-nature-amendments). The “you” in More’s open letter is Mother Nature; this passage opens with gratitude for natural evolution. The author notes a later revision; these words follow the cited author-hosted version rather than an independently checked 1999 transcript. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Evolutionary Dynamics|Evolutionary Dynamics]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/A Letter to Mother Nature|A Letter to Mother Nature]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Dynamics|Evolutionary Dynamics]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "You have raised us from simple self-replicating chemicals to trillion-celled mammals. You have given us free rein of the planet." — Max More, A Letter to Mother Nature, 1999 lecture; later revised author republication https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-more-molecules-to-mammals ```