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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Best Best Way Education Environment Save Way Women

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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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Topics: Adaptation Because Belief Evolved Form Itself Religions Religious Religious Belief

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I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: About Character Circumstance Communicating Content Deal Dialect Dialogue Found Good Great Great Deal How Only People Quality Saying Tells Tone You

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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

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Topics: Because Concept Profound Sometimes Wrong

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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

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Topics: Forces Having Most Most Powerful Odds Powerful Productive Religion Science Them Two World

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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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Topics: Been Biology Each Efforts Enough Evolutionary Gratifying Growing Live Long Molecular Other Research See Toward

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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Atmosphere Better Companies Company Cooperation Democratic Demonstration End Fairness Further Get Growth In The End Order Principles Product Share Those Through Try Will Willing Win Withhold

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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 or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Any Baptist Believes Biological Different Evolutionary Human Human Qualities Humanity Islam Life Over Perception Qualities Radically Religion Southern Supernatural Traditional Whether

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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Astronomy Having Knowing Like Stars Where Without

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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

Topics: Among Cultures Darwinian Ever Every Major None Religion Rivals Struggle Today Waged Winner

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 10th, 1929

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