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all Darwin’s theories are based on proving that the watch made itself. In other words, that nature doesn’t require intelligent design.
Juan José Millás • Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
I have not as yet mentioned a circumstance which influenced my whole career more than any other. This was my friendship with Professor Henslow. Before coming up to Cambridge, I had heard of him from my brother as a man who knew every branch of science, and I was accordingly prepared to reverence him. He kept open house once every week when all unde
... See moreCharles Darwin • The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
But modern scientific paradigms are rarely overthrown. Instead, they are built upon. They create a platform that supports new paradigms above them. Darwin’s theory of natural selection was a “dangerous” idea—in Daniel Dennett’s phrase—because it challenged Biblical and human-centric accounts of life’s history, but the true measure of its scientific
... See moreSteven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Daniel Dennett’s Darwin’s Dangerous Idea would colour my historical
Richard Dawkins • The Blind Watchmaker
In his book Unweaving the Rainbow, scientist Richard Dawkins says,
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly,
... See moreJoscha Bach Quotes (Author of Principles of Synthetic Intelligence)
Putnam and Campbell reject the New Atheist emphasis on belief and reach a conclusion straight out of Durkheim: “It is religious belongingness that matters for neighborliness, not religious believing.”
Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
And a pack instinct is required for a species to become intelligent.