The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
E. O. WILSONReligious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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