Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS FRSLis an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 March 1941
CityNairobi, Kenya
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decision scientist default
My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.
decision scientist default
My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.
doors miracle radio
If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a radio would have seemed like a miracle.
may imagine accepting
I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.
science people religion
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.
nice condolences feelings
The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.
nice condolences feelings
The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.
atheist powerful islands
Why would an all-powerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to suggest, irresistibly, that they had evolved and dispersed from the site of their evolution?
would-be ifs courses
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
life may way
But, however many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead, or rather not alive.
differences people would-be
Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least a pure homosexual would be unlikely to reproduce and therefore pass on the genes. So the first question you ask is, is it actually genetic, and the answer is probably to some extent yes.