Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
E. O. WILSONThe 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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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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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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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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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