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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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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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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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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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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