"Biologist E. O. Wilson, professor emeritus at Harvard University, is a two-time Pulitzer-winning ant expert who helped develop theories of island biogeography, chemical ecology, and sociobiology. A leader in the modern environmental movement, Wilson has devoted his life to understanding how all forms of life are connected."

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E.O. Wilson is a fascinating guy. He lost an eye because he didn't want to stop fishing to get the hook out as a child. So, he spent the rest of his life using his good eye to stare at insects.

He started to see parallels between the social intelligence of that world and our own. That led him to make some tremendous contributions to the field that have been applied by sociologists to human interactions.

He comes from a purely naturalistic view that suspects evolution will answer most of our biological questions. I can disagree with that and still appreciate his great work and contributions.

This conversation takes place with Will Wright.

"Computer game mastermind Will Wright has read every one of Wilson's
books. He credits Wilson for inspiring him to develop SimAnt, one of
the games he created along with The Sims — the most successful computer
game in history — and more recently Spore, in which players create
virtual single-cell organisms and evolve those organisms into more
complex forms of life."

Every time I hear him I think of a science fiction book I'd like to write. I don't want to give too much of it away, but it is built upon some of the same things he observed.

Come to think of it, I am sure someone has beaten me to it.

Wilson says that philosophy has stopped wrestling with the big questions and I disagree. No problem. I know that theology still addresses them.

Here is a guy who may not be a God-worshiper, but never stops giving me information that causes me to want to worship God even more.

As I have often observed, there is nothing science throws at me that negates my conviction that God is behind all the natural processes and actively involved in them. When I behold the glory of God, it reminds me of the first half of Psalm 1. When i read the Bible, I am grateful for the second half.

I appreciate E.O White for his diligence, his study, and for the contributions of his observations that have taken me to a new place of awe, wonder, and appreciation for creation.