Richard Dawkins

When you make machines that are capable of obeying instructions slavishly, and among those instructions are 'duplicate me' instructions, then of course the system is wide open to exploitation by parasites.

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These are some quotes by English author Richard Dawkins Scientist, who was born on March 26, 1941.

Quotes by Richard Dawkins

Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.

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I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.

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Rather than say he's an atheist, a friend of mine says, 'I'm a tooth fairy agnostic,' meaning he can't disprove God but thinks God is about as likely as the tooth fairy.

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