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Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

born 1941

15 quotes, most often on Science, Anti-Religion and Atheism.

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
River out of Eden (1995)
- Anti-Religion
- Science
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 11. Memes: the new replicators
- Anti-Religion
- Faith
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.
Speech at the Edinburgh International Science Festival (15 April 1992)
- Anti-Religion
- Faith
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
The Root of All Evil? (2006)
- Anti-Religion

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