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. WILSONIt’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
More E. O. Wilson Quotes
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Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the ‘environmentalist’ view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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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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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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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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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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