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In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution.
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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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You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.
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Human beings function better if they are deceived by their genes into thinking that there is a disinterested objective morality binding upon them, which all should obey.
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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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For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.
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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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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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Ants 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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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.
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One difference between ants and humans is that while ants send their old women off to war, humans send their young men.
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