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

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

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

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Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.

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We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

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

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

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

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