Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
E. O. WILSONWe 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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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
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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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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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