I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.
From Richard Dawkins
As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual liberty and freedom of choice.
It's a difficult business, finding out what's true about the world, the universe.
I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs.
I wouldn't want to have the thought police going to people's homes, dictating what they teach their children. I don't want to be Big Brotherish. I would hate that.
You can't even begin to understand biology, you can't understand life, unless you understand what it's all there for, how it arose - and that means evolution.
If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
There's a mystical strain in every country, and eclipses are likely to bring that out.
There's clearly a lot of Ludditism, and you see it in all the hysteria about every scientific story.
Of course you can use the products of science to do bad things, but you can use them to do good things, too.
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