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Daniel Dennett Quotes

No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available Picture Quote #1

Moreover, the eye contains a big flaw: the retina is inside out. Why would an almighty designer do such a thing? No intelligent designer,.. would put such a clumsy arrangement in a camcorder, and this is just one of the hundreds of accidents frozen in evolutionary history that confirm the mindlessness of the historical process Picture Quote #1

It’s a no win situation. It’s a mug’s game. The religions have contrived to make it impossible to disagree with them critically without being rude. They play the hurt feelings card at every opportunity Picture Quote #1

Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down Picture Quote #1

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion Picture Quote #1

There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude Picture Quote #1

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The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died Picture Quote #1

True, you don’t have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps. Indeed, if you are religious, you don’t have to be crazy in the medically certifiable sense in order to do massively crazy things Picture Quote #1

I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it’s art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I’d like to add a little to that goodness Picture Quote #1

Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought Picture Quote #1

Reasons for declaring belief is not are not the same as reasons for believing in god Picture Quote #1

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare Picture Quote #1

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I even agree that the concept of God helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don’t ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there is any religious revival. I think what we are hearing, the furor, is merely the hysterical response of the churches the handwriting on the wall that they are seeing Picture Quote #1

There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is Picture Quote #1

If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do Picture Quote #1

Imagination is cheap as long as you don’t have to worry about the details Picture Quote #1

We need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves had at their age. It is scary, but the alternative is worse Picture Quote #1

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What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of exploration that are illuminating the mysteries of our lives Picture Quote #1

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No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available (Daniel Dennett Quotes) Moreover, the eye contains a big flaw: the retina is inside out. Why would an almighty designer do such a thing? No intelligent designer,.. would put such a clumsy arrangement in a camcorder, and this is just one of the hundreds of accidents frozen in evolutionary history that confirm the mindlessness of the historical process (Daniel Dennett Quotes) It’s a no win situation. It’s a mug’s game. The religions have contrived to make it impossible to disagree with them critically without being rude. They play the hurt feelings card at every opportunity (Daniel Dennett Quotes) Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down (Daniel Dennett Quotes) There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion (Daniel Dennett Quotes) There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude (Daniel Dennett Quotes) The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died (Daniel Dennett Quotes) True, you don’t have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps. Indeed, if you are religious, you don’t have to be crazy in the medically certifiable sense in order to do massively crazy things (Daniel Dennett Quotes) I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it’s art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I’d like to add a little to that goodness (Daniel Dennett Quotes) Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought (Daniel Dennett Quotes) Reasons for declaring belief is not are not the same as reasons for believing in god (Daniel Dennett Quotes) Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare (Daniel Dennett Quotes) I even agree that the concept of God helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don’t ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives (Daniel Dennett Quotes) I don’t think there is any religious revival. I think what we are hearing, the furor, is merely the hysterical response of the churches the handwriting on the wall that they are seeing (Daniel Dennett Quotes) There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is (Daniel Dennett Quotes) If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do (Daniel Dennett Quotes) Imagination is cheap as long as you don’t have to worry about the details (Daniel Dennett Quotes) We need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves had at their age. It is scary, but the alternative is worse (Daniel Dennett Quotes) What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of exploration that are illuminating the mysteries of our lives (Daniel Dennett Quotes)

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