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.
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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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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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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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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