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Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.
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All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.
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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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[W]hen the martyr's righteous forebrain is exploded by the executioner's bullet and his mind disintegrates, what then? Can we safely assume that all those millions of neural circuits will be reconstituted in an immaterial state, so the conscious mind carries on?
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If we lose half the species, which could happen by the end of the century if we don't do anything, that's going to create a big difference down the line in the stability and even the economic potential in the living world. Irreversibly.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Genius is the summed production of the many with the names of the few attached for easy recall.
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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 are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions medieval institutions and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.
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