Daniel C. Dennett Quotes


In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure. Daniel C. Dennett Information 78
People are afraid of being more ignorant than their childrenespecially apparantly their daughters. Daniel C. Dennett Ignorance 71
If you can approach the world Daniel C. Dennett Curiosity 64
Words are memes that can be pronounced. Daniel C. Dennett Words 44
If I know better than you know what I am up to it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do. Daniel C. Dennett Free will 38
You dont get to advertise all the good that your religion does without first scrupulously subtracting all the harm it does and considering seriously the question of whether some other religion or no religion at all does better. Daniel C. Dennett Atheism 37
Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications. Daniel C. Dennett Evolution 32
Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are or cares. Daniel C. Dennett Science 30
Imagination is cheap as long as you dont have to worry about the details. Daniel C. Dennett Free will 26
To put it bluntly but fairly anyone today who doubts that the variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of evolution is simply ignorantinexcusably ignorant in a world where three out of four people have learned to read and write. Daniel C. Dennett Biology 24

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