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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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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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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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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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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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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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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