The earth has grown a nervous system, and it’s us.
DANIEL DENNETTGo ahead and believe in God , if you like, but don’t imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.
More Daniel Dennett Quotes
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I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.
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YES we have a soul but it’s made of lots of tiny robots.
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Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.
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Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species – us.
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Most people in the West who say they believe in God actually believe in belief in God.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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You can’t get through seminary and come out believing in God!
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In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.
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There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.
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Sometimes you don’t just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them – if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix.
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Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery.
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If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.
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What you can imagine depends on what you know.
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The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died.
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I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it’s art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I’d like to add a little to that goodness.
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