Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
E. O. WILSON
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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What’s been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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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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It’s obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life – for 8 billion or more people – without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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