“There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination.
—Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995”
― Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
—Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995”
― Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
“the Bible is a human product: it tells us how our religious ancestors saw things, not how God sees things.”
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
“The principal function of racist ideas in American history has been the suppression of resistance to racial discrimination and its resulting racial disparities. The beneficiaries of slavery, segregation, and mass incarceration have produced racist ideas of Black people being best suited for or deserving of the confines of slavery, segregation, or the jail cell. Consumers of these racist ideas have been led to believe there is something wrong with Black people, and not the policies that have enslaved, oppressed, and confined so many Black people.”
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
“But believing something to be true has nothing to do with whether it is true.”
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
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