If there is a human moral to be drawn, it is that we must teach our children altruism, for we cannot expect it to be part of their biological nature.
RICHARD DAWKINSEvolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.
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I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
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It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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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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Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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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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We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
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How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
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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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