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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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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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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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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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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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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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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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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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