In the farsighted words of Thomas Jefferson, writing to his predecessor, John Adams, ‘The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the… - Richard Dawkins

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In the farsighted words of Thomas Jefferson, writing to his predecessor, John Adams, ‘The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

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About Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is known for his advocacy of atheism.

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Birth Name: Clinton Richard Dawkins
Alternative Names: C. Dawkins C. Richard Dawkins Clinton Dawkins CR Dawkins R. Dawkins
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یک نمونه آن پرسش فلسفی قدیمی است که می‌گوید: آیا تو هم مثل من قرمز می‌بینی؟ شاید آنچه برای تو قرمز می‌نماید برای من سبز باشید یا اصلاً رنگی باشد که در خیال من هم نمی‌گنجد! فیلسوفان این پرسش را در زمره پرسش‌هایی می‌دانند که هرگز پاسخی ندارد.

Ten years ago, you could have traveled thousands of miles through the United States and never seen a baseball cap turned back to front. Today, the reverse baseball cap is ubiquitous. I do not know what the pattern of geographical spread of the reverse baseball cap precisely was, but epidemiology is certainly among the professions primarily qualified to study it.

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