26.02.2013, 13:23
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Interview with Edward O. Wilson: The Origin of Morals
American sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson is championing a controversial new approach for explaining the origins of virtue and sin. In an interview, the world-famous ant reseacher explains why he believes the inner struggle is the characteristic trait of human nature.
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27.02.2013, 05:34
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Ants ? Really !!
:"It is not uncommon for Wilson to look to ants for inspiration in his writings -- and that proves true here, as well. When, for example, he recalls beholding two 90-million-year-old worker ants that were trapped in a piece of fossil metasequoia amber as being "among the most exciting moments in my life," a discovery that "ranked in scientific importance with Archaeopteryx, the first fossil intermediary between birds and dinosaurs, and Australopithecus, the first 'missing link' discovered between modern humans and the ancestral apes."
This explains why universities are obsessed with finding experts on just about everything who don't really have any common sense. Ants are, after only ANTS. And anything trapped in amber that is so exciting is positively grotesque unless you're a distorted academic. |
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