Richard Dawkins on religion and god's existence:
>"I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there."
Freeman Dyson on Dawkins:
>"I think it's only a small fraction of people who think that [science and religion are at odds]. Perhaps they have louder voices than the others."
>"I think Richard Dawkins is doing a lot of damage. I disagree very strongly with the way he's going about it. I don't deny his right to be an atheist, but I think he does a great deal of harm when he publicly says that in order to be a scientist, you have to be an atheist. That simply turns young people away from science. He's convinced a lot of young people not to be scientists because they don't want to be atheists. I'm strongly against him on that question. It's simply not true what he's saying, and it's not only not true but also harmful. The fact is that many of my friends are much more religious than I am and are first-rate scientists. There's absolutely nothing that stops you from being both."
>"I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there."
Freeman Dyson on Dawkins:
>"I think it's only a small fraction of people who think that [science and religion are at odds]. Perhaps they have louder voices than the others."
>"I think Richard Dawkins is doing a lot of damage. I disagree very strongly with the way he's going about it. I don't deny his right to be an atheist, but I think he does a great deal of harm when he publicly says that in order to be a scientist, you have to be an atheist. That simply turns young people away from science. He's convinced a lot of young people not to be scientists because they don't want to be atheists. I'm strongly against him on that question. It's simply not true what he's saying, and it's not only not true but also harmful. The fact is that many of my friends are much more religious than I am and are first-rate scientists. There's absolutely nothing that stops you from being both."
