The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. Read Summary
The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle. Read Summary
There are quite a lot of YouTube clips of me that have gone viral. One that I think of is of a young woman at a lecture I was giving - she came from Liberty University, which is a ludicrous religious institution. She said, 'What if you are wrong?' and I answered that rather briefly, and that's gone viral. Read Summary
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. Read Summary
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Read Summary
We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Read Summary
We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Read Summary
Of course, we would love to know more about the exact moment of Big Bang, but interposing an outside intelligence does nothing to add to that knowledge, as we still know nothing about the creation of that intelligence. Read Summary
If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it. Read Summary
Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words themselves to convey his meaning, without resorting to yelling. Read Summary