By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
E. O. WILSONWell, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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