Best E. O. Wilson Thoughts
- In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time. Altruism
- In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of… Acquired
- When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate… Animal
- But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could… Able
- People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way… Alive
- Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength. Belief
- So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me… Alabama
- We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and… Animal
- An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being's, can learn a maze; the kind… Ant
- 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… All
- But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated… Animal
- I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land… American
- I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a… Been
- I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of… Aware
- I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be… Complete
- 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… Course
- 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 or… Any
- The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of… Ago
- Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in… All
- What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts. Been
- One planet, one experiment. Environment
- Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture. Any
- People would rather believe than know. Believe
- It often occurs to me that if, against all odds, there is a judgmental God and heaven, it will come to pass that when the… All
- Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during… Adolescent
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