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There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting... But to say that something is comforting is not to say that it's true.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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We have sexual lust even though we know perfectly well that, because we're using contraception, it is not going to result in the propagation of our genes. That doesn't matter, because the lust was built into our brains at a time when there was no contraception.
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We're going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones.
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Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?
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Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.
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I am at a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production values of this book with the breathtaking inanity of the content.
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Most people, I believe, think that you need a God to explain the existence of the world, and especially the existence of life. They are wrong, but our education system is such that many people don't know it.
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The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
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