Edward O. Wilson
American biologist and naturalist (1929 to 2021); author of On Human Nature (1978).
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The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction; reason is one of its techniques
The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and reason is just one of its various techniques.
archive.orgSaid c. 1978This on korrents
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The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction; reason is one of its techniques
The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and reason is just one of its various techniques.
On Human Nature (Harvard University Press, 1978) Said c. 1978
The brain exists because it promotes the survival and multiplication of the genes that build it
The essence of the argument, then, is that the brain exists because it promotes the survival and multiplication of the genes that direct its assembly.
On Human Nature (Harvard University Press, 1978) Said c. 1978
The genes hold culture on a leash
The genes hold culture on a leash.
On Human Nature (Harvard University Press, 1978) Said c. 1978
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The predisposition to religious belief is the most powerful force in the human mind and probably ineradicable
The predisposition to religious belief is the most complex and powerful force in the human mind and in all probability an ineradicable part of human nature.
On Human Nature (Harvard University Press, 1978) Said c. 1978
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