Maynard Smith speaks
Take a look at this fascinatin' interview with John Maynard Smith—he talks about all kinds o' thin's in evolutionary theory, but he also talks about religion, ye scurvey dog. It will confirm some people's impression o' evolution that he specifically cites Darwin's Origin as th' book that made that scurvey dog apostate. "I think it were bein' an enormous relief t' escape from religion," he says.
I've been writin' too much about this lately, but I think that's right. While someone can continue t' believe in a god or gods and still do science, evolution makes religion superfluous, and once ye've got a rational alternative, why stick with unsupported beliefs in remarkably silly superstitions? Evolution is anti-religious in th' sense that it removes th' rationale fer religion.
(via UberKuh)
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