“If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: science
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We are drowning in information, while starving
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: wisdom
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Science and religion are the two most
“Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: science
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A very Faustian choice is upon us:
“A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: environmental
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic,
“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.”
— E. O. Wilson
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Category: nature
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Every major religion today is a winner
“Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: religion
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed,
“Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.”
— E. O. Wilson
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The education of women is the best
“The education of women is the best way to save the environment.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: education
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The education of women is the best
“The education of women is the best way to save the environment.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
Category: women
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and
“Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.”
— E. O. Wilson
Author: E. O. Wilson
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing
“Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.”
— E. O. Wilson
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Category: strength
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