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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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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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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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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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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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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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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Arise Character Deeper Religion Then True Well
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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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