Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. – Richard Dawkins
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture. – Richard Dawkins
When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldnt put too much emphasis on the word just. There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine. – Richard Dawkins
There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you cant prove that there arent any, so shouldnt we be agnostic with respect to fairies? – Richard Dawkins