Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions …

Richard Dawkins
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Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions about origins, the nature of life, and the cosmos. But there the resemblance ends. Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not. ✨ Richard Dawkins (1995). River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life, Basic Books (AZ)
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