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“There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination.
—Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995”
― Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
—Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995”
― Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
“But believing something to be true has nothing to do with whether it is true.”
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
“If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae.”
― Bad Astronomy
― Bad Astronomy
“the Bible is a human product: it tells us how our religious ancestors saw things, not how God sees things.”
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
― Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. We are destined to be a barrier against the returns of ignorance and barbarism. Old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests and kings, as she can. What a Colossus shall we be when the Southern continent comes up to our mark! What a stand will it secure as a ralliance for the reason & freedom of the globe! I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. So good night. I will dream on, always fancying that Mrs Adams and yourself are by my side marking the progress and the obliquities of ages and countries.”
― The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams
― The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams
Daniel’s 2025 Year in Books
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