Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
E. O. WILSONI had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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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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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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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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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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