It Is Not So Much

The Idea That God Is A Worthy Recipient Of Our Gratitude For The Blessings Of Life But Should Not Be Held Accountable For The Disasters Is A Transparently Disingenuous Innovation Of The Theologians.

The Chief Trick To Making Good Mistakes Is Not To Hide Them-especially Not From Yourself.

In Order To Make A Perfect And Beautiful Machine, It Is Not Requisite To Know How To Make It. All The Works Of Human Genius Can Be Understood In The End To Be Products Of A Cascade Of Generate-and-test Procedures That Are, At Bottom, Algorithmic And Mindless.

I Think That What One Can See From A Darwinian Account Is How The Addition Of Culture In Our Species Turns Us Into A Very Special Sort Of Animal, An Animal That Can Be A Moral Agent In A Way That No Other Animal Can Be.

I Think Religion For Many People Is Some Sort Of Moral Viagra.