E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson, usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalistand author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he is considered to be the world's leading expert...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth10 June 1929
CountryUnited States of America
people nonfiction novel
People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
feels provoking enjoyed
Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
book diversity earth
'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
organization next ants
Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
strong integrity character
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those tenets personally chosen by the individual, strong enough to endure through trials of solitude and adversity. The principles are fitted together into what we call integrity, literally the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others.
art reductionism complexity
The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science.
believe mind religion
The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.
needs pages given
What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
two theory harvard
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.
two ants insects
Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
two funeral humanity
Secular humanists can sit around and talk about their love of humanity, but it doesn't stack up against a two-millennium-old funeral high mass.
organization quality levels
For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.
america world cost
America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
thinking people doubt
I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.