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

Quote by Richard Dawkins

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There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for...

There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for...

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory...

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory...

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...

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature,...

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature,...

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A...

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A...

For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are...

For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are...

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....

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...

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...

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and...

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and...

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?...

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...

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...

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but,...

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but,...

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...

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.

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.

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...