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.
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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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 world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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