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.
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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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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