Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
E. O. WILSONIf 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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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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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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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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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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