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I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough

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. – Richard Dawkins

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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. – Richard Dawkins

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Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but thats because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. – Richard Dawkins

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