“Human beings function better if they are deceived by their genes into thinking that there is a disinterested objective morality binding upon them, which all should obey.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansHuman BeingsMoralityFunctionObjectivesGenesDeceivedBindingDisinterested Author:E. O. Wilson
“Now individual consciousness, as typified in human beings, has great advantages and great disadvantages. Individuality means a narrowing, and narrowness can be useful. It is good for close-up work. We have invented the magnifying glass and the microscope to narrow our vision, because narrowness makes for precision. But narrowness also makes for a failure of purpose, for exhaustion of the will; for purpose depends upon a broad vision, a clear sight of one's objective.” HumansMeanPurposeIndividualHuman BeingsConsciousnessVisionClearDependsAdvantageSightIndividualityGlassesObjectivesBroadsDisadvantagesPrecisionExhaustionMicroscopesMagnifyingMagnifying Glass Author:Colin Wilson