If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
E. O. WILSONWe have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
More E. O. Wilson Quotes
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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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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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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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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
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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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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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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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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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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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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