Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
E. O. WILSONReligious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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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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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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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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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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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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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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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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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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