It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
E. O. WILSONPersist! The world needs all you can give.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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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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