In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
E. O. WILSONWe have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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 many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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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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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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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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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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