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.
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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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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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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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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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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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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Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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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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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the ‘environmentalist’ view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
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