The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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