In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
E. O. WILSONWilling 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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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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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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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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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The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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