Edward Osborne Wilson (Born June 10, 1929), usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity, island biogeography),...
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. E. O. Wilson
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong. E. O. Wilson
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. E. O. Wilson
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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
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.
Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false. E. O. Wilson
Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. E. O. Wilson
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals. E. O. Wilson
Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science. E. O. Wilson
Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all. E. O. Wilson
When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine. E. O. Wilson
Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. E. O. Wilson
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
