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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Authors Bible Could Evolution God Had Important Made Missed Most Provision Really Revelation The Most Important Theology Thoughts Were

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Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Even Heart Mind Win Winning

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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Ancient Earth Human Permanently

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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Altruism Among Group Individual Members Mix Results Selection Selfishness Sin Society Versus Virtue

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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.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Ants Career Decided Fell High High School Just Love Never Regretted School Senior Them Wanted Work

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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.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: About Each Electronic Encyclopedia Everything Given Known Life Need Page Species

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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Ardent Bug Did Grew Grow Grow Up Naturalist Never One Thing Out Period Thing Up

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The ant world is a tumult, a noisy world of pheromones being passed back and forth.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Ant Back Being Forth Noisy Passed World

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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Always Been Believe Belong Great Human Human Relationships Just People Relationships Superior Survival Tribe Value

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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 animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Animals Exploring Field Get Kinds Live Organisms Percent Plan Plants Realize Relatively Then Tiny Unexplored Unknown Whole You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 10th, 1929

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