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
messages exposed havens
At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.
thinking important answers
The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no.
segregation education-system
Segregation has no place in the education system.
machines too-much emphasis
When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine.
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.
life birthday intelligent
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.
dna levels genes
At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.
ideas free-will biology
I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.
feels
I don't feel depressed. I feel elated.
looks evolution looking-to-the-future
Evolution never looks to the future.
children islamic catholic
I do disapprove very strongly of labelling children, especially young children, as something like 'Catholic children' or 'Protestant children' or 'Islamic children.'
decision scientist default
My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.
school average careers
I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.