By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
E. O. WILSONAnts make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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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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It’s obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life – for 8 billion or more people – without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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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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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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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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