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The theory of population genetics and experiments on other organisms show that substantial changes can occur in the span of less than 100 generations, which for man reaches back to the time of the Roman Empire.

— E. O. Wilson On Human Nature (1978)

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The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another.

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

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Much of good science — and perhaps all of great science — has its roots in fantasy.

Letters to a Young Scientist (2013)

To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively.

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The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper.

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