Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.
DANIEL DENNETTI am inclined to think that nothing could matter more than what people love. At any rate, I can think of no value that I would place higher. I would not want to live in a world without love.
More Daniel Dennett Quotes
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The evidence for evolution pours in, not only from geology, paleontology, biogeography, and anatomy, but of course from molecular biology and every other branch of the life sciences.
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YES we have a soul but it’s made of lots of tiny robots.
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In the beginning, there were no reasons; there were only causes. Nothing had a purpose, nothing has so much as a function; there was no teleology in the world at all.
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I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.
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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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AI makes philosophy honest.
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The earth has grown a nervous system, and it’s us.
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There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude.
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True, you don’t have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps.
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The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.
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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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There are no good reasons to believe in god.
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The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died.
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You can’t get through seminary and come out believing in God!
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A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.
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