Author: E. O. Wilson

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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.

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

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

- E. O. Wilson

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

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

- E. O. Wilson

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

- E. O. Wilson

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

- 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.

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.

- E. O. Wilson

Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

- E. O. Wilson

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

- E. O. Wilson

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