Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.

People would rather believe than know.

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

I like what Abba Eban once said during the 1967 war. He said, "When all else fails, men turn to reason."

Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.

The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.

It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.