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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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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 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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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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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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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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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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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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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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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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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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