Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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In 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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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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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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The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
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Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
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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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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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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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