A god who is capable of sending intelligible signals to millions of people simultaneously, and of receiving messages from all of them simultaneously, cannot be, whatever else he might be, simple. Such Bandwidth!
RICHARD DAWKINSDNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
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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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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with colour, bountiful with life.
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When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.
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Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
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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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Why, I can’t help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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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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It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
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When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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