You can legally lie about the real world to your heart's content, but until some human being is materially damaged, nobody will complain. Richard Dawkins complaincontentdamage Change image and share on social
I'm quite a softy, yes. I have a blank spot with respect to visual art, but I have perhaps a compensating hypersensitivity to poetry and music. Richard Dawkins artblankcompensate Change image and share on social
As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them. Richard Dawkins darwindifferentialnatural Change image and share on social
The earliest books in the New Testament to be written were the Epistles, not the Gospels. It's almost as though Saint Paul and others who wrote the Epistles weren't that interested in whether Jesus was real. Richard Dawkins bookearlyepistle share on social
Why did humans lose their body hair? Why did they start walking on their hind legs? Why did they develop big brains? I think that the answer to all three questions is sexual selection. Richard Dawkins answerbigbody Change image and share on social
People say I'm shrill and strident. Richard Dawkins peopleshrillstrident Change image and share on social
In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science because it was for the good of the Communist Party. Richard Dawkins casecommunistdistort Change image and share on social
I can handle heckling on evolution because it's my own field. Richard Dawkins evolutionfieldhandle Change image and share on social
In the 1920s and 1930s, scientists from both the political left and right would not have found the idea of designer babies particularly dangerous - though, of course, they would not have used that phrase. Richard Dawkins 1920s1930sbaby share on social
There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies? Richard Dawkins agnosticbottomevidence Change image and share on social
