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- We should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it…
- There does seem to be a sense in which physics has gone beyond what human intuition can understand. We shouldn't be too surprised about that…
- We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
- Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
- Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
- I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality -…
- I don't know what to think about magic and fairy tales.
- Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does…
- I mean I think that when you've got a big brain, when you find yourself planted in a world with a brain big enough to…
- Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same…
- What matters is not the facts but how you discover and think about them.
- The feminists taught us about consciousness-raising.
- Of course, we would love to know more about the exact moment of Big Bang, but interposing an outside intelligence does nothing to add to…
- Coming out as an atheist can cost an academic his or her job in some parts of America, and many choose to keep quiet about…
- There is no refutation of Darwinian evolution in existence. If a refutation ever were to come about, it would come from a scientist, and not…
- I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it.
- Although many of us fear death, I think there is something illogical about it.
- Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam.
- I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.
- As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them.
- There is something cheap about magic that works just because it is magic.
- Compassionate doctors sometimes lie to patients about the severity of their condition, and it is not always wrong to do so.
- Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that…
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