Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

Quote by E O Wilson

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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are...

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are...

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation...

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation...

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will...

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will...

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for...

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for...

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will...

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will...

Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the environmentalist view, as though it...

Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the environmentalist view, as though it...

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad...

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad...

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

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

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and...

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and...

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior...

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior...

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

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

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry,...

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry,...

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe...

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe...

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies....

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies....

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it...

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it...

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state...

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state...

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was...

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was...

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth...

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth...

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run...

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run...