The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.
RICHARD DAWKINS
Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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The only watchmaker is the blind forces of physics.
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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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If the history-deniers who doubt the fact of evolution are ignorant of biology, those who think the world began less than ten thousand years ago are worst than ignorant, they are the deluded to the point of perversity.
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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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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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The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
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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, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
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Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don’t see you jumping out of buildings.
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Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
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Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
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