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The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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Evolutionary Biologist
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Birmingham
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The love of complexity without reductionism makes art the love of complexity with reductionism makes science.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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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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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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The price of these failures has been a loss of moral consensus, a greater sense of helplessness about the human condition. ... The intellectual solution to the first dilemma can be achieved by a deeper and more courageous examination of human nature that combines the findings of biology with those of the social sciences.
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Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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The newborn infant is now seen to be wired with awesome precision... This marvelous robot will be launched into the world under the care of its parents... But to what extent does the wiring of the neurons, so undeniably encoded in the genes, preordain the directions that social development will follow?
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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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