It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
E. O. WILSONOur brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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