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I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
~ E. O. Wilson
Associate
Belief
Charity
Christian
Deep
Ethics
Fairness
Generosity
Ideals
Much
Obligation
Others
Set
Teaching
Terms
Tolerance
Traditional
Very
Virtues
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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
~ E. O. Wilson
Altruism
Colleagues
Harvard
Mathematician
Origin
Theory
Time
Two
Which
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In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
~ E. O. Wilson
Addition
Because
Novel
Southern
Southerner
Wanted
Write
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
~ E. O. Wilson
Ants
Away
Ecosystems
Environments
Land
Many
Partial
Take
Would
Would-Be
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In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work.
~ E. O. Wilson
Heart
North
Up
Who
Work
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In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
~ E. O. Wilson
Acquired
Duty
Ethic
Had
Honor
Loyalty
Me
Meaning
Military
Military School
Old
School
Some
South
Spent
Still
Time
Today
Traditional
Upbringing
Ways
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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
Altruism
Among
Group
Individual
Members
Mix
Results
Selection
Selfishness
Sin
Society
Versus
Virtue
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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.
~ E. O. Wilson
Always
Been
Dream
Exploring
Finding
Living
Makes
Mine
Out
Species
Up
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
Always
Been
Believe
Belong
Great
Human
Human Relationships
Just
People
Relationships
Superior
Survival
Tribe
Value
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
~ E. O. Wilson
Difficult
I Think
Nonfiction
Novel
Technique
Think
Writer
Writing
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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
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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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
About
Care
Conquest
Had
He
Jehovah
Loyalty
Moses
Nothing
Others
Planet
Plenty
Say
Tribal
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Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
~ E. O. Wilson
Between
Course
Evolution
Human
Human Mind
Mind
Natural
Natural Selection
Origin
Reconciliation
Religious
Selection
Theory
Traditional
View
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
~ E. O. Wilson
Enjoyed
Feel
I Feel
Once
Provoking
Right
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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
Ardent
Bug
Did
Grew
Grow
Grow Up
Naturalist
Never
One Thing
Out
Period
Thing
Up
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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.
~ E. O. Wilson
Brain
Constant
Distorted
Immediate
Input
Map
Often
Our
Sensory
World
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
~ E. O. Wilson
Nonfiction
Novels
People
Read
Respect
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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
Accidents
Actually
Almost
Biologists
Due
Evolution
Find
First
Function
How
Irrelevant
Itself
Looks
Matter
May
Never
Odd
Outcome
Phenomenon
Prove
Real
Research
See
Serve
Small
Tell
Who
Will
You
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
~ E. O. Wilson
Adaptation
Because
Belief
Evolved
Form
Itself
Religions
Religious
Religious Belief
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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
Against
Beliefs
Competing
Essential
Evolved
Religions
Religious
Religious Beliefs
Strength
Tribe
Weakness
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