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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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Alone Disspaer Humanity Insect Land Life Mist Out Planet Rest Wipe
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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Descendant Folly Forgive Least Likely Our
Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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Course Evolution Human Mind Nature Original Reconciliation Religious Selection Theory Traditional View
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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Duty Ethic Inoculum Loyalty Mean Military Old School Some Some Way South Spent Time Today: Honor Traditional Upbringing
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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Altruism Among Group Individual Member Mix Selfishness Society Versus Virtue
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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Fierce Have Mist Odd Powerful Productive Religion Science Two World
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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Ago All Back Dispaper Equilibrium Exust Mankind Regenerate Richm State Thousand World Year
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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Accept Another Dilemma Discover Essence Evolve Genitival Humanity One Spiritual Truth
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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Belief Competing Essential Evolve Group Illogic Religion Selection Strength Weakness
Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the ‘environmentalist’ view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
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Cail Cease Come Environment Perhaps Time View
There is no better high than discovery.
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Better Discovery High One Liner
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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Atmosphere Better Democratic End Principle Product Win
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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It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
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Always Been Belief Belong Great Human People Relationship Superior Survival Tribe Value
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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Biology Effort Toward Enough Gratifying Molecule Research

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