One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
E. O. WILSONTheology 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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Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the ‘environmentalist’ view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
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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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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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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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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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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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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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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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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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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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