If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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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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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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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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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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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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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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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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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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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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.
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