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Sunday, May 22, 2005

India Uncut Aphorism 3

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
Douglas Adams on why natural selection is a better explanation for the world than any that religion can provide. He came to this conclusion, famously, after reading Richard Dawkins's book, The Selfish Gene. Quoted in Dawkins's A Devil's Chaplain; the interview where Adams said these words is here.
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