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Richard Dawkins Quotes

In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice Picture Quote #1

What worries me about religion is that it teaches people to be satisfied with not understanding Picture Quote #1

It’s obvious that in an intelligent educated audience such as this university, I stress this university. Who saw fit to give them accreditation? Picture Quote #1

We no longer have to resort to superstition when faced with the deep problems: Is there a meaning to life? What are we for? What is man? Picture Quote #1

The argument of this book is that we, and all other animals, are machines created by our genes Picture Quote #1

I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans morally ought to behave Picture Quote #1

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Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have a chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do Picture Quote #1

Whenever a system of communication evolves, there is always the danger that some will exploit the system for their own ends Picture Quote #1

... A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism but it would be brought about by gene selfishness Picture Quote #1

It is normally possible to be much more certain who your children are than who your brothers are. And you can be more certain still who you yourself are! Picture Quote #1

Each generation is a filter, a sieve; good genes tend to fall through the sieve into the next generation; bad genes tend to end up in bodies that die young or without reproducing Picture Quote #1

There is mercy in nature, it is accidental. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent Picture Quote #1

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This is where they come into their own, for there’s money in hope: The more desperate the hope, the richer the pickings Picture Quote #1

And when we look closely, we find a system of morals which any civilised person today should surely find poisonous Picture Quote #1

Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense Picture Quote #1

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In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice (Richard Dawkins Quotes) What worries me about religion is that it teaches people to be satisfied with not understanding (Richard Dawkins Quotes) It’s obvious that in an intelligent educated audience such as this university, I stress this university. Who saw fit to give them accreditation? (Richard Dawkins Quotes) We no longer have to resort to superstition when faced with the deep problems: Is there a meaning to life? What are we for? What is man? (Richard Dawkins Quotes) The argument of this book is that we, and all other animals, are machines created by our genes (Richard Dawkins Quotes) I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans morally ought to behave (Richard Dawkins Quotes) Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have a chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do (Richard Dawkins Quotes) Whenever a system of communication evolves, there is always the danger that some will exploit the system for their own ends (Richard Dawkins Quotes) ... A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism but it would be brought about by gene selfishness (Richard Dawkins Quotes) It is normally possible to be much more certain who your children are than who your brothers are. And you can be more certain still who you yourself are! (Richard Dawkins Quotes) Each generation is a filter, a sieve; good genes tend to fall through the sieve into the next generation; bad genes tend to end up in bodies that die young or without reproducing (Richard Dawkins Quotes) There is mercy in nature, it is accidental. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent (Richard Dawkins Quotes) This is where they come into their own, for there’s money in hope: The more desperate the hope, the richer the pickings (Richard Dawkins Quotes) And when we look closely, we find a system of morals which any civilised person today should surely find poisonous (Richard Dawkins Quotes) Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense (Richard Dawkins Quotes)

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