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Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.

Richard Dawkins

We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Alone Earth Rebel Selfish
It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
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Acceptance Ignorance Literature Mathematics Science
I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
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Argument
Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree you can fuck off.
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Agree Interesting Science
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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Capable Evolution Existence Principle Selection Theory
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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Biology Evolution Fact History Ignorant Science
We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.
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Evolution Machine Molecule Science Survival Truth Vehicle
The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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Chicken Egg Revolution Science
We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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Admit Evolution Realize
Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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Evidence Prejudice Private Public replace Science
DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
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Dance DNA Music
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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Born Generosity Selfish
Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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Express Ignorance One Liner Word
It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
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Absolute Believe Claim Evolution Ignorance Insane Stupidity
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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Belief Justice Misery Object Science World
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.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Diversity Enthusiasm Fact Opinion Science

Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.

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