Pic courtesy : Al Jazeera
Richard Dawkins is a Biologist, writer and University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science. He is a noted atheist and is famous for popular books on Evolution and Atheism. He is the founder of Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science to promote teaching of evolution. Here's is some of his thought provoking quotes,
"One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all"
"Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things."
"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."
"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."
"Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time."
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."
No comments:
Post a Comment