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
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Every kid has a bug period, I like to say, and I just got so fascinated and I had that experience, that wonderful life of being able to go out on my own without really any supervision at all. I just lucked out that way. I was trusted as a kid.
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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.
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So, the ant way of life is very ancient and very successful. As far as human beings are concerned, we've been around for only one million years--too soon be sure.
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Evolution by natural selection is not an idle hypothesis. The genetic variation on which selection acts is well understood in principle all the way down to the molecular level.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment in which it lives, interlocked with other species to form ecosystems upon which our own lives depend in ways we have not begun even to imagine.
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We've become a lot more efficient in documenting enrollment and attendance over the years. We think it's working well now.
We're started to see what we can be.
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We're going to see continued volatility in the near term -- the oil market is sending conflicting signals.
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We're going to see a bill that the chamber doesn't like and the NRA doesn't like. And that will be compromise.
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We were suffering some of the highest power costs in the nation, and I was concerned with rebuilding our economy,
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We're going to ice the strongest team we can because we want to finish with three victories to take into the finals weekend.