Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
E. O. WILSONAim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
More E. O. Wilson Quotes
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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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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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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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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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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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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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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