Best E. O. Wilson Wisdom
- Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do. Agree
- In the end ... success or failure will come down to an ethical decision, one on which those now living will be judged for generations… Decision
- Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species Inspirational
- The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science. Art
- True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those tenets personally chosen… Admiration
- Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more… Able
- Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our… Adapted
- The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest… Century
- All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with… All
- Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot… Age
- You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand. Forget
- Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct. All
- Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life. Concept
- Biology is a science of three dimensions. The first is the study of each species across all levels of biological organization, molecule to cell to… Across
- In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize… Any
- To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and the deeper meaning… Anthropocentric
- We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become. Decide
- It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. Astronomy
- Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false. Beliefs
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