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
two challenges majority
The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
art mind stories
In the early stages of creation of both art and science, everything in the mind is a story.
real views effort
Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
keys population-problem people
It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
philosophical doors inquiry
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
character people quality
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.
growing-up bugs periods
One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
dancing musical important
But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.
environment
Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
knowing humanity spirituality
Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
war humanity sacred-scripture
An Armageddon is approaching at the beginning of the third millennium. But it is not the cosmic war and fiery collapse of mankind foretold in sacred scripture. It is the wreckage of the planet by an exuberantly plentiful and ingenious humanity.
rain animal tree
We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.
way environment save-the-environment
The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
land mind vanishing
I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.