Richard Lewontin Quotes

A true conservative is on the side of science.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

When the masses become better informed about science, they will feel less need for help form supernatural Higher Powers. The need for religion will end when man becomes sensible enough to govern himself.

We need a world where the values of science are celebrated: free inquiry, free speech and a healthy skepticism, all coupled with a sense of wonder, a respect for truth and an ability to reason.

Common sense is often common nonsense. There is much that we have learned from science that is counter-intuitive.

The more people are exposed to science, the more we will move away from superstition.

The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.

Science is the most reliable guide in life.

If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.

To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.

The growth of our understanding of the world through science weakens some of the motivation which makes people believers. But that's not the same thing as saying they're incompatible. It's just that I think some of the traditional reasons for belief, going back thousands of years, are rather undermined.

I am very pro-science.

I've always believed in the power of rational thinking and behavior as the savior of the world, and science fiction as a powerful medium to encourage that, which explains my signature line, 'Let's save the world through science fiction.'

We should not be a party that is opposed to science.

Everyone who's rational should have an interest in science. The future of our planet depends on our understanding of science... It's something I value immensely.

I'm a firm believer in science.

Science, logic, and truth should not be partisan issues; they are the cornerstones of fields that have made the United States a leader in innovation and a better place for everyone to live.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

If it doesn't make sense, it's usually not true.

Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.

Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again.

Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe.