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

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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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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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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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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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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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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Arise Character Deeper Religion Then True Well
The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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Combine Exceed Genre Likely Planet Variety Virus
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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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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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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