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My mind is open to the most wonderful range of future possibilities, which I cannot even dream about.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that it means we are selfish or we should be selfish.
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The story of Doubting Thomas is told, not so that we shall admire Thomas, but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison. Thomas demanded evidence … The other apostles, whose faith was so strong that they did not need evidence, are held to us as worthy of imitation.
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