Source: Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Chapter 2, “Silken Fetters” (p. 58)
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322 Quotes on Natural Selection, Faith, Atheism, and the Essence of Life
Uncover Richard Dawkins' profound quotes on natural selection, faith, alternative medicine, atheism, and the essence of life. Engage with his extraordinary ideas about our world.
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is known for popularizing the gene-centered view of evolution through his book The Selfish Gene and coining the term "meme." Dawkins has also been a vocal critic of creationism, intelligent design, and religion, expressing his atheistic views in books like The Blind Watchmaker and The God Delusion. He founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science in 2006 and has received numerous academic and writing awards. Dawkins was born on March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, Kenya to parents who were interested in natural sciences. He grew up with a belief in Christianity but eventually became an atheist after realizing that Darwinism provided a better explanation for the complexity of life.
Dawkins studied zoology at Balliol College, Oxford under Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1966 and continued his research as a research assistant until 1967. Dawkins then served as an assistant professor of zoology at the University of California before returning to Oxford as a lecturer in 1970. He held various academic positions at Oxford, including Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science from 1995 to 2008. Dawkins has delivered numerous lectures and has edited several journals. He is affiliated with New College, Oxford as an emeritus fellow and joined the professoriate of the New College of the Humanities in 2011.
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