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.
RICHARD DAWKINSEven those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.
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We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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The majority of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all.
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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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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right.
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If there is a God, it’s going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.
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The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened.
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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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Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours.
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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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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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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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You can make some inferences about a man’s character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.
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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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