Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
E. O. WILSONAnts are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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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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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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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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