I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
E. O. WILSONWithout 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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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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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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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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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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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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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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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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