Monday, August 11, 2008 | print version

Richard Dawkins interviewed by Paula Kirby

at Edinburgh International Book Festival

As the date of the event approaches, more information will be released on the website.

For more information about Richard's appearance and the Edinburgh book festival, go to:
http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/

Date: Monday, August 11, 2008

Time: 11:30 AM

Location:
Edinburgh International Book Festival

Edinburgh, UK

Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008 | Permalink

Quotes of Note:

"There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead of belief, they're apt to be dismissed as some form of denial. This is not a common problem. Usually intellectualism, not "feeling reality," is blamed for disbelief. But, some angel experts suggest, there may be emotional as well as intellectual barriers to belief: unwillingness to believe in angels can reflect low self-esteem."

Wendy Kaminer

"Science offers us an explanation of how complexity (the difficult) arose out of simplicity (the easy). The hypothesis of God offers no worthwhile explanation for anything, for it simply postulates what we are trying to explain."

Richard Dawkins

"Aquarius is a miscellaneous set of stars all at different distances from us, which have no connection with each other except that they constitute a (meaningless) pattern when seen from a certain (not particularly special) place in the galaxy (here)."

Richard Dawkins

"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart"

H.L. Mencken

"A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different."

Richard Dawkins