Richard Dawkins Quotes


A guided missile corrects its trajectory as it flies, homing in, say, on the heat of a jet plane's exhaust. A great improvement on a simple ballistic shell, it still cannot discriminate particular targets. It could not zero in on a designated New York skyscraper if launched from as far away as Boston.


Citations

Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Bantam Books, 2006, p. 301.

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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
  • Born: March 26, 1941
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Scientist

Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. An atheist, he is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design.