This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
E. O. WILSONOne thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
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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 moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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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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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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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 insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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