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Richard Dawkins

English Scientist

Born: Mar 26, 1941

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I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history. Richard Dawkins

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How any government could promote the Vardy academies in the North-East of England is absolutely beyond me. Tony Blair defends them on grounds of diversity, but it should be unthinkable in the 21st century to have a school whose head of science believes the world is less than 10,000 years old. Richard Dawkins

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Any teaching of falsehoods in science classes should certainly be identified and stopped by school inspectors. School inspectors should be looking at science teachings to make sure they are evidence-based science. Richard Dawkins

Science School Looking Classes Identified Make Sure Falsehoods Any Stopped Should Certainly Teaching Teachings

I live in a post-Christian world in Oxford; it is quite rare to meet somebody who is religious in academic life now, and there is absolutely no tendency for rioting and mayhem, and it is extremely civilised. Richard Dawkins

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As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual liberty and freedom of choice. Richard Dawkins

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I think it's misleading to use a word like 'God' in the way Einstein did. I'm sorry that Einstein did. I think he was asking for trouble, and he certainly was misunderstood. Richard Dawkins

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The population of the U.S. is nearly 300 million, including many of the best educated, most talented, most resourceful, humane people on earth. By almost any measure of civilised attainment, from Nobel prize-counts on down, the U.S. leads the world by miles. Richard Dawkins

Best People World Down Humane Resourceful Earth Civilised Attainment Nobel Almost Leads Talented Most Educated Any Miles Measure Many Including Population Nearly Million

If you look up at the Milky Way through the eyes of Carl Sagan, you get a feeling in your chest of something greater than yourself. And it is. But it's not supernatural. Richard Dawkins

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My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side. Richard Dawkins

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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. Richard Dawkins

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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it. Richard Dawkins

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I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will. Richard Dawkins

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I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right. Richard Dawkins

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I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. Richard Dawkins

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I do think imagination is enormously valuable, and that children should be encouraged in their imagination. That's very true. Richard Dawkins

Valuable Think Imagination True Encouraged Very Children Should

We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present. Richard Dawkins

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The very idea of supernatural magic - including miracles - is incoherent, devoid of sensible meaning. Richard Dawkins

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Why are we so obsessed with monogamous fidelity? Richard Dawkins

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