Richard Dawkins Quotes

Richard Dawkins is an English evolutionary biologist and author who was born in 1941. He is known for his books The Selfish Gene (1976) and The Extended Phenotype (1982). Dawkins is also know for introducing the term “meme”, which is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.

This is a collection of quotes by Richard Dawkins.

Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
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When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal force, the truth does not necessarily lie midway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.
Richard Dawkins

When you heat a kettle of cold water, there is no particular moment when the water ceases to be cold and becomes hot, therefore it is impossible to make a cup of tea.
Richard Dawkins
Source: The Ancestor's Tale

Why are we so obsessed with monogamous fidelity?
Richard Dawkins