Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
E. O. WILSONIf 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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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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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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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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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