Just a small question for Dr. Wilson: Since when has the world been run by the wise?

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>From: "Science Integration Institute" <info@scienceintegration.org>
>To: "SII listserv post" <science@lists.pdx.edu>
>Subject: food for thought
>Date: Tue, Dec 4, 2001, 2:13 PM
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> Continuing with the E.O. Wilson theme... :)
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> "We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world
> henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the
> right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make
> important choices wisely." -- E.O. Wilson, "Consilience," p.269