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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, noted atheist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among…
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2026· 18 entries
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Richard Dawkins | Biography, Books, The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene, & Facts
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The Guardian: Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’
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“Just sort of crouch down. Does it move?”
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“s a question that requires much more research. But he cites pain as one of the potential battlefields that ought to be examined.”
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“Science, Genetics and Ethics: Memo for Tony Blair”
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“What Dawkins does too often is to concentrate his attack on fundamentalists. But there are many believers who are just not fundamentalists. Fundamentalism is another problem. I mean, Dawkins in a way is almost a fundamentalist himself, of another kind.”
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“t use reason! How reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy? The Wise One: Well perhaps the great Dawkins wasn”
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“objective biological reality”
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“distort[ing] the scientific facts in the service of a social cause”
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“evolution has been observed. It”
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“In one way it does. My eyes are constantly wide open to the extraordinary fact of existence. Not just human existence but the existence of life and how this breathtakingly powerful process, which is natural selection, has managed to take the very simple facts of physics and chemistry and build them up to redwood trees and humans. That”
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Yahoo: Richard Dawkins: These days what’s true doesn’t matter, it’s what you feel that counts
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The Guardian: Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness | Letters
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The Guardian: No, Richard Dawkins. AI is not conscious | Arwa Mahdawi
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The Guardian: Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it
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In an op-ed for Unherd, Dawkins claimed that AI is conscious after a conversation with Anthropic's Claude
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2025· 2 entries
The Guardian: Richard Dawkins’ prophetic vision of ‘new colour’
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Joined John McWhorter to discuss "The link between evolution and language"
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2024· 6 entries
The Guardian: The Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard Dawkins review – the great biologist’s swansong
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Yahoo: Richard Dawkins’s ‘book of the dead’ is an old-fashioned delight
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Benzinga.com: Richard Dawkins Responds To Dawkoins On SOL Donations Made To Foundation — Volume Surges 100%
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patheos: Richard Dawkins Calls Himself a Cultural Christian
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The American Conservative: Richard Dawkins’s ‘Cultural Christianity’ Is Thin Gruel
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Dawkins co-authored an op-ed in The Boston Globe with Sokal criticising the use of the terminology "sex assigned at birth" instead of "sex" by the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the
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2023· 2 entries
Fox News: Richard Dawkins slams transgender 'distortion of reality': 'Sex really is binary'
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Publishers Weekly: The Ironic Influence of Richard Dawkins
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: Rev Richard Coles and Richard Dawkins dine across the divide: ‘The problem is he’s not swayed by evidence but by feeling’
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2021· 5 entries
The Guardian: Richard Dawkins loses ‘humanist of the year’ title over trans comments
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Newsweek: Richard Dawkins’ 1996 Humanist Award Revoked Over Transgender Comments
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Forbes: Richard Dawkins Stripped Of Top Humanist Award For Using Science To ‘Demean Marginalized Groups’
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“deny their existence nor does he in any way oppress them”
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“In 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black. Some men choose to identify as women, and some women choose to identify as men. You will be vilified if you deny that they literally are what they identify as. Discuss”
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2020· 2 entries
The Quint rated the claim “Javed Akhtar did not win Richard Dawkins award and it was a misunderstanding” False.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Screenshot claims Javed Akhtar was not given the Richard Dawkins Award.” False.
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2017· 1 entry
“Citation choisie pour le 3 février 2017.”
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2016· 6 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Dunkin Donuts' new holiday cup features an image of Richard Dawkins giving the finger.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Dunkin Donuts' new holiday cup features an image of Richard Dawkins giving the finger.” False.
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Dawkins's invitation to speak at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism was withdrawn over his sharing of what was characterised as a "highly offensive video" satirically showing cartoon feminist and Islamist
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On 6 February 2016 Dawkins suffered a minor haemorrhagic stroke while at home.
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Dawkins and Ward separated in 2016 and they later described the separation as "entirely amicable".
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And they later described the separation as "entirely amicable"
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2015· 1 entry
Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black
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2014· 1 entry
Joined the global awareness movement Asteroid Day as a "100x Signatory"
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2013· 4 entries
“cultural replicators, the cultural equivalent of a gene, the cultural equivalent of DNA”
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Dawkins was voted the world's top thinker based on 65 names chosen by a largely US- and UK-based expert panel
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Dawkins tweeted that "All the world's Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge
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“Wenn Medizin auf Wissenschaft beruht, heilt man Menschen. Wenn das Design von Flugzeugen auf Wissenschaft beruht, fliegen sie. Wenn das Design von Raketen auf Wissenschaft beruht, erreichen sie den Mond. Es funktioniert ... Bitches." - Während der Think Week im Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford vom 15. Februar 2013. YouTube #1, YouTube #2”
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2012· 1 entry
A Sri Lankan team of ichthyologists headed by Rohan Pethiyagoda named a new genus of freshwater fish Dawkinsia in Dawkins's honour
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2011· 2 entries
“The Dawkins Delusion: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine”
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Dawkins joined the professoriate of the New College of the Humanities, a private university in London established by A
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (2009).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (2009).
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Awarded Nierenberg Prize (2009).
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Spoke at the party's conference in opposition to blasphemy laws, alternative medicine, and faith schools
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2008· 1 entry
And 2009, which aimed to raise funds to place atheist advertisements on buses in the London area
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2007· 6 entries
“Atheismus ist fast immer ein Zeichen für eine gesunde geistige Unabhängigkeit und sogar für einen gesunden Geist." - Der Gotteswahn. Ullstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3550086881. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. S. 15”
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“The Enemies of Reason, "Slaves to Superstition" [1.01], 13 de agosto de 2007, 00:38:16ff”
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“Unser Leben ist so sinnvoll, so ausgefüllt und großartig, wie wir selbst es gestalten. Und wir können es wirklich großartig gestalten." - Der Gotteswahn. Ullstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3550086881. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. S. 500”
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“Ich bin ein Gegner der Religion. Sie lehrt uns, damit zufrieden zu sein, dass wir die Welt nicht verstehen." - Der Gotteswahn. Ullstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3550086881. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. Vorderseite Schutzumschlag”
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“Entscheidend ist nicht, ob Gottes Existenz widerlegbar ist (das ist sie nicht), sondern ob sie wahrscheinlich ist." - Der Gotteswahn. Ullstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3550086881. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. S. 77”
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“Dass ich von der Evolution überzeugt bin, hat nichts mit Fundamentalismus oder religiösem Glauben zu tun, denn ich weiß ganz genau, welche Voraussetzungen erfüllt sein müssen, damit ich meine Ansichten ändere, und ich würde es sofort tun, wenn die erforderlichen Belege auf dem Tisch lägen." - Der Gotteswahn. Ullstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3550086881. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. S. 393”
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2006· 4 entries
Awarded Lewis Thomas Prize (2006).
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“The God Delusion - Página 51, Richard Dawkins - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006, ISBN 0618680004, 9780618680009 - 406 páginas”
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Which became an international bestseller
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Dawkins founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (RDFRS), a non-profit organisation
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2005· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2005).
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Awarded Shakespeare Prize (2005).
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The Hamburg-based Alfred Toepfer Foundation awarded him its annual Shakespeare Prize in recognition of his "concise and accessible presentation of scientific knowledge"
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During a pilgrimage to the Galápagos, Dawkins wrote three new tales
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“From tail to tale on the path of pilgrims in life", The Scotsman (9 de abril de 2005)”
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2004· 2 entries
“among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know”
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Balliol College, Oxford, instituted the Dawkins Prize, awarded for "outstanding research into the ecology and behaviour of animals whose welfare and survival may be endangered by human activities"
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2003).
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“Bin Laden's victory " The Guardian (22 March 2003)”
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2002· 4 entries
“Richard Dawkins on militant atheism, (February 2002)”
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“Jede Generation hat ihre darwinistischen Versager, aber jedes Individuum stammt nur von den erfolgreichen Minderheiten der vorangegangenen Generation ab."- Der entzauberte Regenbogen: Wissenschaft, Aberglaube und die Kraft der Phantasie, Rowohlt Verlag, 2. Auflage, Januar 2002, ISBN 3499613379. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel.”
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“Vererbung ist nicht das Gleiche wie Fortpflanzung. Es kann auch Fortpflanzung ohne Vererbung geben: Ein Waldbrand pflanzt sich fort, aber er vererbt nichts." - Der entzauberte Regenbogen: Wissenschaft, Aberglaube und die Kraft der Phantasie, Rowohlt Verlag, 2. Auflage, Januar 2002, ISBN 3499613379. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel.”
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“Die darwinistische Erklärung dafür, warum Lebewesen das, was sie tun, so gut können, ist sehr einfach. Sie sind gut durch die angehäufte Klugheit ihrer Vorfahren." - Der entzauberte Regenbogen: Wissenschaft, Aberglaube und die Kraft der Phantasie, Rowohlt Verlag, 2. Auflage, Januar 2002, ISBN 3499613379. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel.”
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2001· 8 entries
Awarded Kistler Prize (2001).
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Won Medal of Representation of the President of the Italian Republic (2001).
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Awarded Emperor Has No Clothes Award (2001).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (2001).
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“Has the world changed?, The Guardian (11 October 2001)”
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“Last sentence expanded upon in "Ignorance is No Crime" (2001) (see below)”
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“Foreword to Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations by John Diamond, Vintage, 2001.”
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“Ignorance Is No Crime", Free Inquiry 21 (3), Summer 2001, ISSN 0272-0701”
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Tinbergen Lecture (2000).
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1998· 4 entries
“When Religion Steps on Science’s Turf", Free Inquiry (1998)”
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“Desvendando o Arco-Íris (1998)”
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“Das Universum, das wir beobachten, hat genau die Eigenschaften, mit denen man rechnet, wenn dahinter kein Plan, keine Absicht, kein Gut oder Böse steht, nichts außer blinder, erbarmungsloser Gleichgültigkeit." - Und es entsprang ein Fluß in Eden. Goldmann Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-442-12784-x. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. S. 151”
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In a book review published in Nature, Dawkins expressed his appreciation for two books connected with the Sokal affair: Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science by Paul R
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1997· 4 entries
Awarded International Cosmos Prize (1997).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1997).
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“Is Science a Religion?", The Humanist (January 1997)”
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And a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2001
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1996· 8 entries
Awarded Humanist of the Year (1996).
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“Heart Of The Matter: God Under The Microscope | BBC (1996)”
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“Ciência, Desilusão e o Apetite pelo Mistério, BBC1 TV, 12 de novembro de 1996.”
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The American Humanist Association gave him their Humanist of the Year Award, but the award was withdrawn in 2021, with the statement that he "demean[ed] marginalized groups", including transgender people, using "the guis
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“Dawkins, Richard (24 November 1996). "Why don't animals have wheels?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved on 29 October 2008.”
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“The wheel may be one of those cases where the engineering solution can be seen in plain view, yet be unattainable in evolution because it lies [on] the other side of a deep valley, cutting unbridgeably across the massif of Mount Improbable.”
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“Human gullibility beyond belief,— the “paranormal” in the media". The Sunday Times. 25 August 1996.”
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“Science Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder", John Brockman, Edge.org, December 29, 1996”
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1995· 3 entries
“Kam Patel (28 April 1995) . "Going the whole hog". Times Higher Education.”
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Was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin
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Was appointed Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position that had been endowed by Charles Simonyi with the express intention that the holder "be expected to make important contribu
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1992· 2 entries
“From speech at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, 1992-04-15. Frequently misattributed to The God Delusion.”
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Married the actress Lalla Ward in Kensington and Chelsea
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1991· 2 entries
Gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Children on Growing Up in the Universe
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Gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on Growing Up in the Universe
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (1990).
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“Parasites, desiderata lists and the paradox of the organism, 1990”
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1989· 5 entries
Won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London (1989).
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“Put Your Money on Evolution". The New York Times Review of Books: p. 35. 9 April 1989.”
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“Reviewing Blueprints: Solving the Mystery of Evolution (1989) by Maitland A. Edey and Donald C. Johanson”
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“Richard Dawkins, o Rottweiler de Darwin, Jornal New York Times, seção 7, pagina 34, dia 09 de abril de 1989.”
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“Regarding his 1989 statement "It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)." (see above)”
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1987· 1 entry
Dawkins received a Royal Society of Literature award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for The Blind Watchmaker
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1986· 2 entries
Awarded Heinemann Award (1986).
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Dawkins and the biologist John Maynard Smith participated in an Oxford Union debate against A
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1981· 5 entries
“The word 'mundane' has come to mean boring and dull, and it really shouldn't. It should mean the opposite because it comes from the latin 'mundus', meaning the world, and the world is anything but dull; the world is wonderful. There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.”
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“Całe stworzenie, wszędzie we Wszechświecie, jest bezpośrednim lub pośrednim wynikiem kumulatywnego procesu, którego ziemskim odpowiednikiem jest to, co na Ziemi nazywamy darwinowskim doborem naturalnym.”
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“Zachowanie organizmu służy maksymalizacji szansy przetrwania genów odpowiedzialnych za „to zachowanie”, niezależnie od tego, czy są to jego geny, czy geny ulokowane w innym organizmie.”
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“I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.”
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“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.”
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1977· 1 entry
That the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms
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1966· 1 entry
Studied at University of Oxford, Doctor of Philosophy (1966).
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Balliol College (1962).
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1959· 1 entry
Studied at Oundle School (1954–1959).
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1949· 1 entry
At the age of eight, Dawkins joined Chafyn Grove School in Wiltshire, where he says he was molested by a teacher
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-03-26.
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