Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong. E. O. Wilson baffleconceptprofound Change image and share on social
In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work. E. O. Wilson alabamanheartnorth Change image and share on social
The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology. E. O. Wilson biologyevolvegod Change image and share on social
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. E. O. Wilson biodiversityhumanitylearn Change image and share on social
Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution. E. O. Wilson accidentbiologistdue share on social
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become. E. O. Wilson decidedecommissiondeep Change image and share on social
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 beliefcompeteessential Change image and share on social
Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest. E. O. Wilson careconquestjehovah Change image and share on social
People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive. E. O. Wilson aliveancestralfind Change image and share on social
Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view. E. O. Wilson activitycallcease Change image and share on social