Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
E. O. WILSONIf 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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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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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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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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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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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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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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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