But perhaps the rest of us could have se... by Richard Dawkins

Author Rest Experience Science Thinking

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.

- Richard Dawkins

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False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

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Design Nothing

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

- Richard Dawkins

A good theory explains a lot but postulates little.

- Richard Dawkins

Failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it.

- Richard Dawkins

Einstein was adamant in rejecting all ideas of a personal god.

- Richard Dawkins

Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with reflex hysteria but decided quietly, soberly and on its own merits. We need less emotion and more thought.

- Richard Dawkins

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