“This not only misses the point, it is the precise antithesis of the point.”
Richard Dawkins book The Blind Watchmaker
Source: The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Chapter 10 “The One True Tree of Life” (p. 261)
“Certainty is missing the point entirely.”
Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
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