Nuggets and Aphorisms
Food for thought. These first appeared in Amit Varma's blog, India Uncut
Saturday, May 21, 2005
The awe of understanding
I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.Douglas Adams
on why natural selection is a better explanation for the world than any that religion can provide. He came to this conclusion, famously, after reading Richard Dawkins's book, The Selfish Gene. Quoted in Dawkins's A Devil's Chaplain; the interview where Adams said these words is here.
