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I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.

Daniel Dennett

I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.
DANIEL DENNETT

Moral Myself People Thinking
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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Beginning Purpose Reason World
Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down.
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Break Down Forever Ignorance Relative Religion
There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.
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Care Complete Guide Knowledge Limitation Yourself
Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.
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Hold Life Paint Philosophy
You can’t get through seminary and come out believing in God!
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Believe Seminar Yourself
There are no good reasons to believe in god.
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Believe God Goodness Reason
AI makes philosophy honest.
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Artificial Honesty Intelligence Philosophy
I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.
DANIEL DENNETT

Better Philosophy Question Science Way Yourself
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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Condition Freedom Human Mistake Objection Oneself
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
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Dreams Imagination Knowledge Yourself
I think that what one can see from a Darwinian account is how the addition of culture in our species turns us into a very special sort of animal, an animal that can be a moral agent in a way that no other animal can be.
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Agency Animal Culture Moral See Thinking
True, you don’t have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps. Indeed, if you are religious, you don’t have to be crazy in the medically certifiable sense in order to do massively crazy things.
DANIEL DENNETT

Crazy Medical Religious True Yourself
No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.
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Easy Smart Way Yourself
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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Better Myself Time Yourself
As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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Destruction Enemy Hit Mindset Panic Worst Yourself

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