“Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration to
moral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually written
in it?”
― The God Delusion
moral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually written
in it?”
― The God Delusion
“There is bound to be variation in the population of males in their predisposition to be faithful husbands. If females could recognize such qualities in advance, they could benefit themselves by choosing males possessing them. One way for a female to do this is to play hard to get for a long time, to be coy. Any male who is not patient enough to wait until the female eventually consents to copulate is not likely to be a good bet as a faithful husband.”
― The Selfish Gene
― The Selfish Gene
“You can make some inferences about a man's character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.”
― The Selfish Gene
― The Selfish Gene
“It is a curious feature of our existance that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but even better at extinguishing it.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
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