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.
E. O. WILSONAnts are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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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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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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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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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 for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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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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