By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our bra…

Richard Dawkins
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By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. ✨ The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder. Lecture, BBC1 Television, November 12, 1996.
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By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. ✨ The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder. Lecture, BBC1 Television, November 12, 1996.

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