Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
RICHARD DAWKINSMyths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened.
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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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Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private revelation.
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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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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
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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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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.
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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 interesting, and if you don’t agree you can fuck off.
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Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
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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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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
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After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with colour, bountiful with life.
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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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