The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
E. O. WILSONIn some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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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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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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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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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 those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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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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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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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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