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Biology is usually a lot more fun than physics. It's a lot easier to understand, and there's sex.

— Alexander Rosenberg The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)

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In general, social scientists overestimate the role of intentional human design in human aﬀairs. This is especially true among economists and political scientists who employ the rational choice models economists have developed over the last century or so.

If you are going to be scientistic, you will have to be comfortable with a certain amount of nihilism.

The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)

Most advocates of the nonphysical self have been happy enough with the immortality payoff not to obsess about the incoherence it carries with it.

The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)

No moral code is right, correct, true. That's nihilism. And we have to accept it.

The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)

The parts of science that rule out theism are firmly fixed. Finally, it's not just probable that God doesn't exist. For scientism, it's as close to a sure thing as science can get.

The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)

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