For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria.

Quote by Richard Dawkins

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The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of...

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of...

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at...

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at...

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has...

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has...

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.

Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born?...

Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born?...

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has...

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has...

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically...

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically...

The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the...

The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the...

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of...

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of...

God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or...

God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or...

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the...

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the...

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder...

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder...

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in....

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in....

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity...

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity...

One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to...

One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to...

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through...

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through...