Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
E. O. WILSONBlind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
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Ants 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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