Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe 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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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.
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Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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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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Our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.
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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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Science is the poetry of reality.
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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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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My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent a narrowing-down from reality, an impoverishment of what the real world has to offer.
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The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
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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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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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Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
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