Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
E. O. WILSONAnts are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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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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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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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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