If you want to do evil, science provides the most powerful weapons to …

Richard Dawkins
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If you want to do evil, science provides the most powerful weapons to do evil; but equally, if you want to do good, science puts into your hands the most powerful tools to do so ✨ Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder. Richard Dimbleby Lecture on BBC1 Television, www.edge.org. November 12, 1996.
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