The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.
Richard Dawkins
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- I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.
- When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine.
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