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Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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Charles Darwin made arguably the greatest discovery any human has ever made. He was a man of great persistence. He wasn't probably a natural genius, he worked very hard - even though he was an invalid. He was a great family man, a very nice man. I think he was admirable in all sorts of ways.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
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I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.
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The rule of thumb based into the brain by natural selection would not have been, Be nice to your kin and be nice to potential reciprocators. It would have been, Be nice to everybody, because everybody would have been included.
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In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.
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It doesn't hurt my feeling when I get vilified by fundamentalist religious people. I've actually made comedy out of it. I've made light of that.
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I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.
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