Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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A god who is capable of sending intelligible signals to millions of people simultaneously, and of receiving messages from all of them simultaneously, cannot be, whatever else he might be, simple. Such Bandwidth!
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
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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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The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.
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The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
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In the beginning was simplicity.
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Why, I can’t help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself.
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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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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
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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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Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.
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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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Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
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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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