http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07062007/watch.html
E. O. WILSON: "...We are a species exquisitely well adapted to this planet and that we originated here and that our peculiarities including the ones that threaten us all the time, that threaten your own-- threaten our own existence are-- can be understood by the history of the way we originated in that living world. And if we could just place ourselves realistically in that context and stop thinking of ourselves as semi angels, you know, on the way that this is just a weigh station on a way on up to-- an idealized existence-- change that. Then, I think we would get pretty serious about peace and long term security and saving the rest of life. And-- and-- keeping our options open for the future."
if we do ever get over our personal shortcomings, and disagreements and can begin to grasp science and reason as a society, perhaps even undertake understanding of this amazing world we live in- we could live up to E.O. Wilson's idea of the true potential of humans.
watch it.
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