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.
E. O. WILSONScience and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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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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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 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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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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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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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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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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