Richard Dawkins on confusion
Richard Dawkins104 quotes“Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.”
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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.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins 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 DawkinsRichard Dawkins Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Even 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.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins 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.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins 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 DawkinsRichard Dawkins Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins 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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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Don’t confuse meaning with truth.
ThucydidesThucydides Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
Eric ClaptonEric Clapton O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
SolonSolon When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
Eric ClaptonEric Clapton I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
Christian BaleChristian Bale When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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