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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.

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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 kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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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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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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