All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists w… - Edward O. Wilson

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All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.

tone-of-voice manners arrogance good-manners politeness self-regard rudeness bad-attitude etiquette ill-mannered-scientists impoliteness politesse poor-manners
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About Edward O. Wilson

Edward Osborne Wilson (10 June 1929 – 26 December 2021) was an American entomologist and biologist known for his work on ecology, evolution, and sociobiology. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, Wilson is also known for his advocacy for environmentalism, and his secular-humanism ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters.

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