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> [I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/i-don-t-think-the-9-11-attacks-taught-us-anything-we-didn-t-already/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

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## More by Daniel Dennett

> [Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species- back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/virtually-every-major-technological-advance-in-the-history-of-the/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/churches-have-given-us-great-treasures-such-as-music-and-architecture/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/the-secret-of-happiness-is-find-something-more-important-than-you-are/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Whereas religions may serve a benign purpose by letting many people feel comfortable with the level of morality they themselves can attain, no religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/whereas-religions-may-serve-a-benign-purpose-by-letting-many-people/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/there-s-no-polite-way-to-say-to-somebody-religious-followers-do-you/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/wherever-there-is-a-design-that-is-highly-successful-in-a-broad-range/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [The haven all memes depend on reaching is the human mind, but a human mind is itself an artifact created when memes restructure a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/the-haven-all-memes-depend-on-reaching-is-the-human-mind-but-a-human/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Cost is always an object - the second law of thermodynamics sees to that](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/cost-is-always-an-object-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-sees-to-that/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [In the beginning, there were no reasons; there were only causes. Nothing had a purpose, nothing has so much as a function; there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/in-the-beginning-there-were-no-reasons-there-were-only-causes-nothing/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art or music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/i-look-around-the-world-and-see-so-many-wonderful-things-that-i-love/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [In all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/in-all-mammalian-species-that-have-so-far-been-carefully-studied-the/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millennia, and it has been another sour sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/cults-and-prophets-proclaiming-the-imminent-end-of-the-world-have/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Consciousness is cerebral celebrity--nothing more and nothing less. Those contents are conscious that persevere, that monopolize resources long enough to achieve certain typical and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/consciousness-is-cerebral-celebrity-nothing-more-and-nothing-less/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [People ache to believe that we human beings are vastly different from all other species - and they are right! We are different. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/people-ache-to-believe-that-we-human-beings-are-vastly-different-from/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

> [Minds are in limited supply, and each mind has a limited capacity for memes, and hence there is considerable competition among memes for entry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/minds-are-in-limited-supply-and-each-mind-has-a-limited-capacity-for/)

[Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/)

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