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. WILSONThe 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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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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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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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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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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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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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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 is no better high than discovery.
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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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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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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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