{"id":17611,"date":"2021-10-25T01:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T01:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=17611"},"modified":"2025-08-09T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:31:54","slug":"the-real-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=17611","title":{"rendered":"the real problem&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-24-at-10.16.25-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17616\" style=\"width:750px;height:502px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-24-at-10.16.25-PM.png 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-24-at-10.16.25-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-24-at-10.16.25-PM-768x514.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pagetitle\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-bf484166daa1fd9c27dbcd87f4bf7e95\" style=\"color:#560702\">The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a75c14be6cf628f186f7be3d5b3993b0\" style=\"color:#560702\"><em>debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-35c016da97dcd0ca64839d42083ede37\" id=\"pagetitle\" style=\"color:#a11109\">Edward O. Wilson&nbsp;1929\u2013\u2002<br>American sociobiologist&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/E-O-Wilson-pxm-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/E-O-Wilson-pxm-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/E-O-Wilson-pxm-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/E-O-Wilson-pxm-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-E-O-Wilson-pxm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-E-O-Wilson-pxm.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-E-O-Wilson-pxm-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-E-O-Wilson-pxm-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Court Painter with E.O.Wison and his portrait<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology. debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009 Edward O. 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