Never say, and never take seriously anyone who says, 'I cannot believe…

Richard Dawkins
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Never say, and never take seriously anyone who says, 'I cannot believe that so-and-so could have evolved by gradual selection.' I have dubbed this kind of fallacy 'the Argument from Personal Incredulity.' Time and again, it has proven the prelude to an intellectual banana-skin experience. ✨ River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life. Book by Richard Dawkins, March 20, 2014.
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