We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
RICHARD DAWKINSPerhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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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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Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don’t see you jumping out of buildings.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.
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When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
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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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The only watchmaker is the blind forces of physics.
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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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Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree you can fuck off.
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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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When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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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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The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
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