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.
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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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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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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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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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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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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What’s been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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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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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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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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