In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
E. O. WILSONDestroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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What’s been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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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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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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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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