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“If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.”

E. O. Wilson · History

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E. O. Wilson

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

Faith

E. O. Wilson

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

Best

E. O. Wilson

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.

Religion

E. O. Wilson

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

Loneliness