American - Scientist | June 10, 1929 -
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
E. O. Wilson
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America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
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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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I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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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.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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