Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
RICHARD DAWKINSWhen 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.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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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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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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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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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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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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We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.
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Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
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Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
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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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I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.
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There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.
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