We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
E. O. WILSONPersist! The world needs all you can give.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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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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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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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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