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.
E. O. WILSONIf insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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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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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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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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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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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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