"I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things."
-Richard Dawkins
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"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.“
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"If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists."
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"The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America."
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"Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time."
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"I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance."
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"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."
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