The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened.
RICHARD DAWKINSReligion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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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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Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.
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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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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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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.
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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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There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.
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In the beginning was simplicity.
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