We have a huge amount of DNA in common with jellyfish. Richard Dawkins amountcommondna Change image and share on social
I do disapprove very strongly of labelling children, especially young children, as something like 'Catholic children' or 'Protestant children' or 'Islamic children.' Richard Dawkins catholicchilddisapprove Change image and share on social
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. Richard Dawkins capableduplicateexploitation share on social
I get the feeling more and more that religion is being left behind. Richard Dawkins feltleavereligion Change image and share on social
Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones. Richard Dawkins bookbuzzgood Change image and share on social
I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13. Richard Dawkins ageconfirmprep Change image and share on social
The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun. Richard Dawkins chancecomecount Change image and share on social
If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too. Richard Dawkins christianilliberalinfluence Change image and share on social
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. Richard Dawkins 11thbeliefchange Change image and share on social
The reason we personify things like cars and computers is that just as monkeys live in an arboreal world and moles live in an underground world and water striders live in a surface tension-dominated flatland, we live in a social world. Richard Dawkins arborealcarcomputer share on social
