Faith Quotes by E. O. Wilson

10 Faith quotes by E. O. Wilson

If you’re curious about how a biologist frames belief, this brief set offers a window into Wilson’s take on Faith. The handful of entries capture his scientific lens applied to a timeless question.

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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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[O]ld beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

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We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology.

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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human…

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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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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

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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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Science offers the boldest metaphysics of the age. It is a thoroughly human construct, driven by the faith that if we dream,…

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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,…

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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. Today the greatest divide within humanity…

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When all else fails, men turn to reason.

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Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species'…

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The living environment is the biosphere, the thin layer around the world of living organisms. We're part of that. Our existence is dependent on…

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The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam…

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