You can make some inferences about a man’s character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
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Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
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DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
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Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.
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Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop, sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to stop.
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The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
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There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.
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The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
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Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.
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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front.
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