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Book Review: Edward O. Wilson’s “The Meaning of Human Existence”

Throughout his distinguished career, Edward O. Wilson has brought a vast wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge to bear on some of humanity’s most complex and pressing questions.  The Meaning of Human Existence is his most philosophical work, and contains many worthwhile insights about humanity’s origins and possible futures.  Wilson’s method, best characterized as a kind of […]

Quote 10-7-2014

“‘One should never mistake pattern…for meaning.’” ––The Hydrogen Sonata, by Iain M. Banks, pg. 127