Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
E. O. WILSONPolitical ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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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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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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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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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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