evolutionary biology 11
- Preserving the genes is the ultimate rationale for our existence
- We are gene machines and meme machines, with the power to turn against our creators
Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary biologist and author; writes The Poetry of Reality newsletter on Substack.
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What Richard Dawkins says most about
religion 11
- The target is not one version of God but every god and everything supernatural
- The God Hypothesis is a scientific hypothesis, to be tested as sceptically as any other
happiness 4
- Understanding the world brings a joy close to ecstasy
- Being alive at all is enormous luck, to be revelled in rather than complained about
agency 3
- Belief is not something a person can choose
- We are gene machines and meme machines, with the power to turn against our creators