"Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature……" — Richard Dawkins
"Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things."
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530 Quotes by Richard Dawkins
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Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose…
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It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so…
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I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we…
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Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting…
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Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
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If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons…
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I've been reading an Alabama newspaper that one man shot another man because he beat him in a Bible-quoting competition.
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Science, as opposed to technology, does violence to common sense.
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Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you…
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Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun.
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Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens…
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'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result…
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I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more…
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The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its…
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The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and…
— Annie Besant
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Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty…
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The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification…
— Edward de Bono
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Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
— Sarah Brightman
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My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex…
— James Buchan
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
— Warren Buffett
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I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.
— Steve Buscemi
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