We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
E. O. WILSONIf insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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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?
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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 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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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