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"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
10+ Quotes by Richard Dawkins
A curated collection of 10 inspirational quotes by Richard Dawkins on life, wisdom, and the human experience.
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"Segregation has no place in the education system."
— Richard Dawkins
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"At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see."
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"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."
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"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."
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"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."
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"When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine."
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"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."
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"If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists."
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"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."