The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
E. O. WILSONEvery 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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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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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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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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