Evolution never looks to the future.
Evolution never looks to the future.
Author: Richard Dawkins
By all means let's be open-minded but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
By all means let's be open-minded but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.
At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence as opposed to tradition authority revelation or faith they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence as opposed to tradition authority revelation or faith they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
Faith is the great cop-out the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of even perhaps because of the lack of evidence.
Faith is the great cop-out the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of even perhaps because of the lack of evidence.
But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation the wonder of science scientific ways of thinking and the history of scientific ideas rather than laboratory experience.
But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation the wonder of science scientific ways of thinking and the history of scientific ideas rather than laboratory experience.
Segregation has no place in the education system.
Segregation has no place in the education system.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at bottom no design no purpose no evil no good nothing but blind pitiless indifference.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at bottom no design no purpose no evil no good nothing but blind pitiless indifference.
Personally I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
Personally I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself the engineer is explained by natural selection.
Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself the engineer is explained by natural selection.
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.
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.