爱德华·奥斯本·威尔逊，通常被称为E.O.Wilson，美国生物学家、博物学家和作家。他的生物学专长是研究蚂蚁的myrmecology，他被称为世界领先的专家。奖项：普利策奖、哈伯德奖、国家科学奖。
In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
在某些方面，我有一个传统的'老南方'的成长，这意味着我花了一段时间在军事学校，并获得了一个接种的军事道德，今天仍然伴随着我：荣誉，责任，忠诚。
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
在理想和道德方面，我是一个非常虔诚的基督徒，尤其是在信仰公平、对他人的一种根深蒂固的义务，以及我们与传统基督教教义联系在一起的慈善、宽容和慷慨的美德方面。
Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.
每个孩子都有虫子期。。。我从没有长大。
There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
没有转基因生物，似乎没有任何其他方式可以创造下一次绿色革命。
It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.
探索生活世界，对所有物种进行分类，找出生物圈的组成部分，一直是我的梦想。
Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.
我们的大脑正在绘制世界地图。这张地图通常是扭曲的，但它是一张有恒定即时感官输入的地图。
Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
盲目的信仰，无论表达得多么热情，都是不够的。科学将无情地检验关于人类状况的每一个假设。
It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
就像是在不知道星星在哪里的情况下拥有天文学。