In a purely technical sense, each species of higher organism-beetle, m…

E. O. Wilson
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In a purely technical sense, each species of higher organism-beetle, moss, and so forth, is richer in information than a Caravaggio painting, Mozart symphony, or any other great work of art.
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The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and works like a bookkeeper ✨ E. O. Wilson (2014). Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, p.90, Vintage

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