Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
RICHARD DAWKINSThings exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
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We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.
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It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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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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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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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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Don’t ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He’s too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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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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