Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe less you think, the more you believe.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.
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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
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Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
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Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
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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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It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver.
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Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
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The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it’s divisive and it’s dangerous.
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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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Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.
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