English - Scientist | March 26, 1941 -
The state of Israel seems to owe its very existence to the American Jewish vote, while at the same time consigning the non-religious to political oblivion.
Richard Dawkins
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To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
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I don't actually think 'The Selfish Gene' is a very good title. I think that's one of my worst titles.
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I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.
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I was never much bothered about moral questions like, 'How could there be a good God when there's so much evil in the world?'
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I think it's misleading to use a word like 'God' in the way Einstein did. I'm sorry that Einstein did. I think he was asking for trouble, and he certainly was misunderstood.
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I like to think 'The God Delusion' is a humorous book. I think, actually, it's full of laughs. And people who describe it as a polarizing book or as an aggressive book, it's just that very often they haven't read it.
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Public sharing is an important part of science.
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In the World Wars, people were perfectly able to shoot other people just because they belonged to the wrong country, without ever asking what their opinions were. Faith too is like that.
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Humans have a proven track record in taking over planes by the use of threats, which work because the legitimate pilots value their own lives and those of their passengers.
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A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.
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Tortoises can survive for weeks without food or water, easily long enough to float in the Humboldt Current from South America to the Galapagos Islands.
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